#ADAEBC#ADAEBC

#ADAEBC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.020 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEBC
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(236, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 2.39, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 7.63, 288.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0044 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.02 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4449, 42.7869, 53.6425)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEBC #BCBBAD

analogous

#ADB5BC #ADAEBC #B3ADBC

triadic

#ADAEBC #BCADAE #AEBCAD

tetradic

#ADAEBC #BCADB5 #BCBBAD #ADBCB3

square

#ADAEBC #BCADB5 #BCBBAD #ADBCB3

split-complementary

#ADAEBC #BCB3AD #B5BCAD

monochromatic

#6B6D83 #8B8DA0 #ADAEBC #CFCFD8 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ADAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#ADAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEBC

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEBC	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.020 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d0',
    500: '#adaebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaebc;
$custom-light: #c5c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7544,
    "c": 0.01992,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEBC

secondary

#E4E4E0

accent

#905194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEBC

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

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