#ADAEBD#ADAEBD

#ADAEBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.021 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEBD
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(236, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 2.59, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 8.18, 288.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0047 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.021 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5531, 42.8302, 54.2121)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEBD #BDBCAD

analogous

#ADB6BD #ADAEBD #B4ADBD

triadic

#ADAEBD #BDADAE #AEBDAD

tetradic

#ADAEBD #BDADB6 #BDBCAD #ADBDB4

square

#ADAEBD #BDADB6 #BDBCAD #ADBDB4

split-complementary

#ADAEBD #BDB4AD #B6BDAD

monochromatic

#6B6C85 #8B8DA2 #ADAEBD #CFCFD8 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ADAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#ADAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEBD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEBD	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.021 282.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.02135,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEBD

secondary

#E5E5E1

accent

#915195

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEBD

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

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