#ADA8DC#ADA8DC

#ADA8DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.074 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8DC
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(246, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 12.62, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 28.53, 296.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.024 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.074 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1514, 42.0562, 73.4878)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8DC #D7DCA8

analogous

#A8BDDC #ADA8DC #C7A8DC

triadic

#ADA8DC #DCADA8 #A8DCAD

tetradic

#ADA8DC #DCA8BD #D7DCA8 #A8DCC7

square

#ADA8DC #DCA8BD #D7DCA8 #A8DCC7

split-complementary

#ADA8DC #DCC7A8 #BDDCA8

monochromatic

#5B51B9 #847CCA #ADA8DC #D6D4EE #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#ADA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8DC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8DC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.074 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1e7',
    500: '#ada8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8dc;
$custom-light: #c6c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.769,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75398,
    "c": 0.07423,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8DC

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B630A9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8DC

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

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