#ADA8DB#ADA8DB

#ADA8DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.073 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8DB
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(246, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 12.39, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 27.99, 296.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0237 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.073 289)
XYZ	xyz(44.0194, 42.0034, 72.7924)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8DB #D6DBA8

analogous

#A8BCDB #ADA8DB #C6A8DB

triadic

#ADA8DB #DBADA8 #A8DBAD

tetradic

#ADA8DB #DBA8BC #D6DBA8 #A8DBC6

square

#ADA8DB #DBA8BC #D6DBA8 #A8DBC6

split-complementary

#ADA8DB #DBC6A8 #BCDBA8

monochromatic

#5B51B7 #847DC9 #ADA8DB #D6D3ED #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADA8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#ADA8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8DB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8DB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.073 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1e6',
    500: '#ada8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8db;
$custom-light: #c6c1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.882,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75358,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8DB

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B531A8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8DB

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

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