#ADA8CA#ADA8CA

#ADA8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.049 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8CA
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(249, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 8.61, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 18.74, 297.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0182 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.049 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8946, 41.1535, 61.6019)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8CA #C5CAA8

analogous

#A8B4CA #ADA8CA #BEA8CA

triadic

#ADA8CA #CAADA8 #A8CAAD

tetradic

#ADA8CA #CAA8B4 #C5CAA8 #A8CABE

square

#ADA8CA #CAA8B4 #C5CAA8 #A8CABE

split-complementary

#ADA8CA #CABEA8 #B4CAA8

monochromatic

#675E9A #8982B3 #ADA8CA #D1CEE1 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#ADA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8CA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8CA	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.049 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1da',
    500: '#ada8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8ca;
$custom-light: #c5c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74704,
    "c": 0.04871,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8CA

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A34395

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8CA

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

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