#ADA9CA#ADA9CA

#ADA9CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.047 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9CA
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(247, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(247, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 8.06, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 18.15, 296.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0167 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.047 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0799, 41.5241, 61.6637)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9CA #C6CAA9

analogous

#A9B5CA #ADA9CA #BDA9CA

triadic

#ADA9CA #CAADA9 #A9CAAD

tetradic

#ADA9CA #CAA9B5 #C6CAA9 #A9CABD

square

#ADA9CA #CAA9B5 #C6CAA9 #A9CABD

split-complementary

#ADA9CA #CABDA9 #B5CAA9

monochromatic

#665F9A #8983B3 #ADA9CA #D1CFE1 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ADA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#ADA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9CA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9CA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.047 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2da',
    500: '#ada9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9ca;
$custom-light: #c5c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.273,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.04719,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9CA

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A24397

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9CA

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

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