#ADAEC9#ADAEC9

#ADAEC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.038 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEC9
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(238, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 5.09, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 14.71, 290.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0092 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.038 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9099, 43.3729, 61.3582)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEC9 #C9C8AD

analogous

#ADBCC9 #ADAEC9 #BAADC9

triadic

#ADAEC9 #C9ADAE #AEC9AD

tetradic

#ADAEC9 #C9ADBC #C9C8AD #ADC9BA

square

#ADAEC9 #C9ADBC #C9C8AD #ADC9BA

split-complementary

#ADAEC9 #C9BAAD #BCC9AD

monochromatic

#646698 #888AB1 #ADAEC9 #D2D2E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#ADAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEC9

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEC9	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.038 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d9',
    500: '#adaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaec9;
$custom-light: #c5c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.03846,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEC9

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9C479F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEC9

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

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