#ADAEC5#ADAEC5

#ADAEC5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.033 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEC5
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(238, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 4.24, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 12.54, 289.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0077 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.033 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4455, 43.1872, 58.9123)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEC5 #C5C4AD

analogous

#ADBAC5 #ADAEC5 #B8ADC5

triadic

#ADAEC5 #C5ADAE #AEC5AD

tetradic

#ADAEC5 #C5ADBA #C5C4AD #ADC5B8

square

#ADAEC5 #C5ADBA #C5C4AD #ADC5B8

split-complementary

#ADAEC5 #C5B8AD #BAC5AD

monochromatic

#676891 #898BAC #ADAEC5 #D1D1DE #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#ADAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEC5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEC5	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)

#A9B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.033 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d6',
    500: '#adaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaec5;
$custom-light: #c5c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75743,
    "c": 0.03275,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEC5

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#984A9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEC5

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

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