#ADAFBD#ADAFBD

#ADAFBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.020 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAFBD
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(233, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 2.04, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 7.65, 285.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0033 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.02 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7470, 43.2180, 54.2768)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAFBD #BDBBAD

analogous

#ADB7BD #ADAFBD #B3ADBD

triadic

#ADAFBD #BDADAF #AFBDAD

tetradic

#ADAFBD #BDADB7 #BDBBAD #ADBDB3

square

#ADAFBD #BDADB7 #BDBBAD #ADBDB3

split-complementary

#ADAFBD #BDB3AD #B7BDAD

monochromatic

#6B6E85 #8B8EA2 #ADAFBD #CFD0D8 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADAFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#ADAFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAFBD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAFBD	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)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adafbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.020 279.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adafbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75679,
    "c": 0.02004,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAFBD

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#8C5195

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAFBD

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

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