#ADA9BC#ADA9BC

#ADA9BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.027 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9BC
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(253, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 5.12, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 10.53, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0117 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.027 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4969, 40.8909, 53.3264)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9BC #B8BCA9

analogous

#A9AEBC #ADA9BC #B7A9BC

triadic

#ADA9BC #BCADA9 #A9BCAD

tetradic

#ADA9BC #BCA9AE #B8BCA9 #A9BCB7

square

#ADA9BC #BCA9AE #B8BCA9 #A9BCB7

split-complementary

#ADA9BC #BCB7A9 #AEBCA9

monochromatic

#6D6784 #8C87A1 #ADA9BC #CECBD7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ADA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9BC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9BC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.027 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2d0',
    500: '#ada9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9bc;
$custom-light: #c5c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.02734,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9BC

secondary

#E2E3DE

accent

#974F87

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9BC

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

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