#ADAFBF#ADAFBF

#ADAFBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.023 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAFBF
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(233, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 2.45, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 8.73, 286.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.004 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.023 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9656, 43.3055, 55.4280)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAFBF #BFBDAD

analogous

#ADB8BF #ADAFBF #B4ADBF

triadic

#ADAFBF #BFADAF #AFBFAD

tetradic

#ADAFBF #BFADB8 #BFBDAD #ADBFB4

square

#ADAFBF #BFADB8 #BFBDAD #ADBFB4

split-complementary

#ADAFBF #BFB4AD #B8BFAD

monochromatic

#6A6D88 #8B8DA4 #ADAFBF #CFD1DA #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADAFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#ADAFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAFBF

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAFBF	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adafbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.023 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d2',
    500: '#adafbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adafbf;
$custom-light: #c5c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adafbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75745,
    "c": 0.02287,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAFBF

secondary

#E6E6E2

accent

#8F4F96

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAFBF

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

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