#ADADCD#ADADCD

#ADADCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.046 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADADCD
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(240, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 6.50, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 17.45, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.012 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.046 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1941, 43.1787, 63.8044)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADADCD #CDCDAD

analogous

#ADBDCD #ADADCD #BDADCD

triadic

#ADADCD #CDADAD #ADCDAD

tetradic

#ADADCD #CDADBD #CDCDAD #ADCDBD

square

#ADADCD #CDADBD #CDCDAD #ADCDBD

split-complementary

#ADADCD #CDBDAD #BDCDAD

monochromatic

#61619F #8787B6 #ADADCD #D3D3E4 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#ADADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADADCD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADADCD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adadcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.046 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c5dc',
    500: '#adadcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adadcd;
$custom-light: #c5c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adadcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.04558,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADADCD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A343A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADADCD

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

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