#ADA9EB#ADA9EB

#ADA9EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9EB
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 235)
HSL	hsl(244, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 15.59, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 36.07, 295.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.027 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.094 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4132, 43.2574, 84.4853)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9EB #E7EBA9

analogous

#A9C6EB #ADA9EB #CEA9EB

triadic

#ADA9EB #EBADA9 #A9EBAD

tetradic

#ADA9EB #EBA9C6 #E7EBA9 #A9EBCE

square

#ADA9EB #EBA9C6 #E7EBA9 #A9EBCE

split-complementary

#ADA9EB #EBCEA9 #C6EBA9

monochromatic

#4E46D4 #7E77DF #ADA9EB #DCDBF7 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADA9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#ADA9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9EB

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9EB	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2f1',
    500: '#ada9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9eb;
$custom-light: #c6c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.636,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9EB

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CA1BBF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9EB

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

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