#ADA9CD#ADA9CD

#ADA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.051 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9CD
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(247, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(247, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 8.71, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 19.78, 296.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0178 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.051 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4386, 41.6676, 63.5526)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9CD #C9CDA9

analogous

#A9B7CD #ADA9CD #BFA9CD

triadic

#ADA9CD #CDADA9 #A9CDAD

tetradic

#ADA9CD #CDA9B7 #C9CDA9 #A9CDBF

square

#ADA9CD #CDA9B7 #C9CDA9 #A9CDBF

split-complementary

#ADA9CD #CDBFA9 #B7CDA9

monochromatic

#645C9F #8882B6 #ADA9CD #D2D0E3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ADA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#ADA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9CD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9CD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.051 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2dc',
    500: '#ada9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9cd;
$custom-light: #c5c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.05144,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9CD

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A5409A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9CD

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

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