#ADA8EC#ADA8EC

#ADA8EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.097 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8EC
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 16.39, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 37.20, 296.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0287 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.097 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3727, 42.9447, 85.1866)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8EC #E7ECA8

analogous

#A8C5EC #ADA8EC #CFA8EC

triadic

#ADA8EC #ECADA8 #A8ECAD

tetradic

#ADA8EC #ECA8C5 #E7ECA8 #A8ECCF

square

#ADA8EC #ECA8C5 #E7ECA8 #A8ECCF

split-complementary

#ADA8EC #ECCFA8 #C5ECA8

monochromatic

#4E44D6 #7E76E1 #ADA8EC #DCDAF7 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#ADA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8EC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8EC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.097 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1f2',
    500: '#ada8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8ec;
$custom-light: #c6c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.412,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8EC

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CC1ABF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8EC

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

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