#ADAAB8#ADAAB8

#ADAAB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.020 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAB8
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 3.77, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 7.76, 299.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0087 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.02 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2584, 41.0943, 51.1492)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAB8 #B5B8AA

analogous

#AAAEB8 #ADAAB8 #B4AAB8

triadic

#ADAAB8 #B8ADAA #AAB8AD

tetradic

#ADAAB8 #B8AAAE #B5B8AA #AAB8B4

square

#ADAAB8 #B8AAAE #B5B8AA #AAB8B4

split-complementary

#ADAAB8 #B8B4AA #AEB8AA

monochromatic

#6E697E #8D899C #ADAAB8 #CDCBD4 #EDEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADAAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ADAAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAB8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAB8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.020 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3cd',
    500: '#adaab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaab8;
$custom-light: #c5c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.02014,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAB8

secondary

#E0E1DD

accent

#935385

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAB8

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

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