#ADA9BF#ADA9BF

#ADA9BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.032 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9BF
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(251, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 5.74, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 12.16, 298.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0128 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.032 294)
XYZ	xyz(40.8237, 41.0216, 55.0474)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9BF #BBBFA9

analogous

#A9B0BF #ADA9BF #B8A9BF

triadic

#ADA9BF #BFADA9 #A9BFAD

tetradic

#ADA9BF #BFA9B0 #BBBFA9 #A9BFB8

square

#ADA9BF #BFA9B0 #BBBFA9 #A9BFB8

split-complementary

#ADA9BF #BFB8A9 #B0BFA9

monochromatic

#6C6588 #8C86A5 #ADA9BF #CECCD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ADA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9BF

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9BF	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)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.032 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2d2',
    500: '#ada9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9bf;
$custom-light: #c5c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.03157,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.41022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9BF

secondary

#E4E5DF

accent

#994D8B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9BF

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

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