#ADAEBE#ADAEBE

#ADAEBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.023 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEBE
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(236, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 2.79, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 8.72, 288.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0051 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.023 283)
XYZ	xyz(41.6620, 42.8738, 54.7858)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEBE #BEBDAD

analogous

#ADB6BE #ADAEBE #B4ADBE

triadic

#ADAEBE #BEADAE #AEBEAD

tetradic

#ADAEBE #BEADB6 #BEBDAD #ADBEB4

square

#ADAEBE #BEADB6 #BEBDAD #ADBEB4

split-complementary

#ADAEBE #BEB4AD #B6BEAD

monochromatic

#6A6C86 #8B8CA3 #ADAEBE #CFD0D9 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#ADAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEBE

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEBE	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#AAB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.023 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d1',
    500: '#adaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaebe;
$custom-light: #c5c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.02277,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.42874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEBE

secondary

#E6E5E1

accent

#925096

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEBE

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

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