#ADA9BB#ADA9BB

#ADA9BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.026 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9BB
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(253, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 4.92, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 9.99, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0114 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.026 296)
XYZ	xyz(40.3895, 40.8479, 52.7607)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9BB #B7BBA9

analogous

#A9AEBB #ADA9BB #B6A9BB

triadic

#ADA9BB #BBADA9 #A9BBAD

tetradic

#ADA9BB #BBA9AE #B7BBA9 #A9BBB6

square

#ADA9BB #BBA9AE #B7BBA9 #A9BBB6

split-complementary

#ADA9BB #BBB6A9 #AEBBA9

monochromatic

#6D6782 #8C87A0 #ADA9BB #CECBD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ADA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9BB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9BB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.026 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2cf',
    500: '#ada9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9bb;
$custom-light: #c5c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74381,
    "c": 0.02594,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.40848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9BB

secondary

#E1E2DD

accent

#965086

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9BB

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

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