#ADA8CE#ADA8CE

#ADA8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.054 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8CE
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(248, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(248, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 9.48, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 20.92, 296.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0195 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.054 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3744, 41.3454, 64.1286)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8CE #C9CEA8

analogous

#A8B6CE #ADA8CE #C0A8CE

triadic

#ADA8CE #CEADA8 #A8CEAD

tetradic

#ADA8CE #CEA8B6 #C9CEA8 #A8CEC0

square

#ADA8CE #CEA8B6 #C9CEA8 #A8CEC0

split-complementary

#ADA8CE #CEC0A8 #B6CEA8

monochromatic

#645BA1 #8881B8 #ADA8CE #D2CFE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#ADA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8CE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8CE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.054 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1dd',
    500: '#ada8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8ce;
$custom-light: #c5c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.895,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74853,
    "c": 0.05439,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8CE

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A73F99

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8CE

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

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