#ADABC5#ADABC5

#ADABC5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.037 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADABC5
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(245, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(245, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 5.89, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 14.24, 294.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0121 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.037 289)
XYZ	xyz(41.8724, 42.0410, 58.7212)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADABC5 #C3C5AB

analogous

#ABB6C5 #ADABC5 #BAABC5

triadic

#ADABC5 #C5ADAB #ABC5AD

tetradic

#ADABC5 #C5ABB6 #C3C5AB #ABC5BA

square

#ADABC5 #C5ABB6 #C3C5AB #ABC5BA

split-complementary

#ADABC5 #C5BAAB #B6C5AB

monochromatic

#686491 #8A87AC #ADABC5 #D0CFDE #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#ADABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADABC5

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADABC5	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.037 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c4d6',
    500: '#adabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adabc5;
$custom-light: #c5c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.42041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADABC5

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D4996

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADABC5

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

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