#ADA9BD#ADA9BD

#ADA9BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.029 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9BD
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(252, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(252, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 5.33, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 11.07, 298.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0121 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.029 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6051, 40.9342, 53.8961)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9BD #B9BDA9

analogous

#A9AFBD #ADA9BD #B7A9BD

triadic

#ADA9BD #BDADA9 #A9BDAD

tetradic

#ADA9BD #BDA9AF #B9BDA9 #A9BDB7

square

#ADA9BD #BDA9AF #B9BDA9 #A9BDB7

split-complementary

#ADA9BD #BDB7A9 #AFBDA9

monochromatic

#6C6685 #8C86A2 #ADA9BD #CECCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ADA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9BD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9BD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.029 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2d0',
    500: '#ada9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9bd;
$custom-light: #c5c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.02876,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9BD

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#974E89

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9BD

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

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