#ADA8BF#ADA8BF

#ADA8BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.033 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8BF
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 6.29, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 12.77, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0143 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.033 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6383, 40.6510, 54.9856)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8BF #BABFA8

analogous

#A8AEBF #ADA8BF #B8A8BF

triadic

#ADA8BF #BFADA8 #A8BFAD

tetradic

#ADA8BF #BFA8AE #BABFA8 #A8BFB8

square

#ADA8BF #BFA8AE #BABFA8 #A8BFB8

split-complementary

#ADA8BF #BFB8A8 #AEBFA8

monochromatic

#6C6488 #8C85A5 #ADA8BF #CECBD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ADA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#ADA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8BF

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8BF	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.033 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1d2',
    500: '#ada8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8bf;
$custom-light: #c5c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.03315,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8BF

secondary

#E3E5DE

accent

#994C89

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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