#ADA9DA#ADA9DA

#ADA9DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.070 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9DA
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(245, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(245, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 11.61, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 26.85, 295.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.022 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.07 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0735, 42.3215, 72.1629)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9DA #D6DAA9

analogous

#A9BDDA #ADA9DA #C5A9DA

triadic

#ADA9DA #DAADA9 #A9DAAD

tetradic

#ADA9DA #DAA9BD #D6DAA9 #A9DAC5

square

#ADA9DA #DAA9BD #D6DAA9 #A9DAC5

split-complementary

#ADA9DA #DAC5A9 #BDDAA9

monochromatic

#5B53B5 #847EC8 #ADA9DA #D6D4EC #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADA9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#ADA9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9DA

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9DA	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.070 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2e5',
    500: '#ada9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9da;
$custom-light: #c6c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.898,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9DA

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B333A8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9DA

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

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