#ADAAB9#ADAAB9

#ADAAB9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.022 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAB9
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 185)
HSL	hsl(252, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(252, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 3.97, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 8.30, 298.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0091 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.022 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3636, 41.1364, 51.7032)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAB9 #B6B9AA

analogous

#AAAFB9 #ADAAB9 #B5AAB9

triadic

#ADAAB9 #B9ADAA #AAB9AD

tetradic

#ADAAB9 #B9AAAF #B6B9AA #AAB9B5

square

#ADAAB9 #B9AAAF #B6B9AA #AAB9B5

split-complementary

#ADAAB9 #B9B5AA #AFB9AA

monochromatic

#6E6980 #8D889D #ADAAB9 #CDCCD5 #EEEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADAAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#ADAAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAB9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAB9	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.022 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3ce',
    500: '#adaab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaab9;
$custom-light: #c5c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.02154,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAB9

secondary

#E1E2DD

accent

#945287

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAB9

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

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