#ADA9BE#ADA9BE

#ADA9BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.030 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9BE
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 5.53, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 11.62, 298.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0125 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.03 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7140, 40.9777, 54.4698)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9BE #BABEA9

analogous

#A9AFBE #ADA9BE #B7A9BE

triadic

#ADA9BE #BEADA9 #A9BEAD

tetradic

#ADA9BE #BEA9AF #BABEA9 #A9BEB7

square

#ADA9BE #BEA9AF #BABEA9 #A9BEB7

split-complementary

#ADA9BE #BEB7A9 #AFBEA9

monochromatic

#6C6687 #8C86A4 #ADA9BE #CECCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ADA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9BE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9BE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.030 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2d1',
    500: '#ada9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9be;
$custom-light: #c5c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.03016,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9BE

secondary

#E3E4DF

accent

#984D8A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9BE

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

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