#ADA8DA#ADA8DA

#ADA8DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.071 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8DA
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(246, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 12.16, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 27.45, 296.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0234 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.071 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8881, 41.9509, 72.1012)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8DA #D5DAA8

analogous

#A8BCDA #ADA8DA #C6A8DA

triadic

#ADA8DA #DAADA8 #A8DAAD

tetradic

#ADA8DA #DAA8BC #D5DAA8 #A8DAC6

square

#ADA8DA #DAA8BC #D5DAA8 #A8DAC6

split-complementary

#ADA8DA #DAC6A8 #BCDAA8

monochromatic

#5C52B5 #857DC8 #ADA8DA #D5D3EC #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ADA8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#ADA8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8DA

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8DA	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.071 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1e5',
    500: '#ada8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8da;
$custom-light: #c6c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.0714,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8DA

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B332A6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8DA

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

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