#ADA8EB#ADA8EB

#ADA8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.095 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8EB
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(244, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 16.15, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 36.66, 296.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0284 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.095 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2278, 42.8868, 84.4236)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8EB #E6EBA8

analogous

#A8C5EB #ADA8EB #CFA8EB

triadic

#ADA8EB #EBADA8 #A8EBAD

tetradic

#ADA8EB #EBA8C5 #E6EBA8 #A8EBCF

square

#ADA8EB #EBA8C5 #E6EBA8 #A8EBCF

split-complementary

#ADA8EB #EBCFA8 #C5EBA8

monochromatic

#4F44D4 #7E76E0 #ADA8EB #DCDAF6 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#ADA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8EB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8EB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.095 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1f1',
    500: '#ada8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8eb;
$custom-light: #c6c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.478,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76025,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8EB

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CA1BBD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8EB

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

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