#ADA8CD#ADA8CD

#ADA8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.053 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8CD
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(248, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(248, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 9.26, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 20.38, 297.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0192 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.053 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2533, 41.2969, 63.4908)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8CD #C8CDA8

analogous

#A8B5CD #ADA8CD #BFA8CD

triadic

#ADA8CD #CDADA8 #A8CDAD

tetradic

#ADA8CD #CDA8B5 #C8CDA8 #A8CDBF

square

#ADA8CD #CDA8B5 #C8CDA8 #A8CDBF

split-complementary

#ADA8CD #CDBFA8 #B5CDA8

monochromatic

#655B9F #8881B7 #ADA8CD #D2CFE3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#ADA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8CD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8CD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.053 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1dc',
    500: '#ada8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8cd;
$custom-light: #c5c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.108,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.05296,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8CD

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A64098

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →