#ADA8CB#ADA8CB

#ADA8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.050 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8CB
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 8.82, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 19.29, 297.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0185 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.05 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0134, 41.2010, 62.2275)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8CB #C6CBA8

analogous

#A8B4CB #ADA8CB #BEA8CB

triadic

#ADA8CB #CBADA8 #A8CBAD

tetradic

#ADA8CB #CBA8B4 #C6CBA8 #A8CBBE

square

#ADA8CB #CBA8B4 #C6CBA8 #A8CBBE

split-complementary

#ADA8CB #CBBEA8 #B4CBA8

monochromatic

#665D9C #8982B4 #ADA8CB #D1CEE2 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ADA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8CB

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8CB	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.050 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1da',
    500: '#ada8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8cb;
$custom-light: #c5c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.05013,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8CB

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A44296

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8CB

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

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