#ADAEC6#ADAEC6

#ADAEC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.034 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEC6
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(238, 18%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 4.45, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 13.08, 289.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0081 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.034 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5605, 43.2332, 59.5177)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEC6 #C6C5AD

analogous

#ADBAC6 #ADAEC6 #B8ADC6

triadic

#ADAEC6 #C6ADAE #AEC6AD

tetradic

#ADAEC6 #C6ADBA #C6C5AD #ADC6B8

square

#ADAEC6 #C6ADBA #C6C5AD #ADC6B8

split-complementary

#ADAEC6 #C6B8AD #BAC6AD

monochromatic

#666893 #898AAD #ADAEC6 #D1D2DF #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#ADAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEC6

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEC6	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.034 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d7',
    500: '#adaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaec6;
$custom-light: #c5c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 17.986,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.03419,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEC6

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#99499C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEC6

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

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