#ADB3CD#ADB3CD

#ADB3CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.038 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB3CD
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(229, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 3.21, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 14.21, 283.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0034 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.038 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3706, 45.5316, 64.1966)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB3CD #CDC7AD

analogous

#ADC3CD #ADB3CD #B7ADCD

triadic

#ADB3CD #CDADB3 #B3CDAD

tetradic

#ADB3CD #CDADC3 #CDC7AD #ADCDB7

square

#ADB3CD #CDADC3 #CDC7AD #ADCDB7

split-complementary

#ADB3CD #CDB7AD #C3CDAD

monochromatic

#616D9F #8790B6 #ADB3CD #D3D6E4 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ADB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#ADB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB3CD

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB3CD	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.038 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c9dc',
    500: '#adb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb3cd;
$custom-light: #c5c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.03766,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB3CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9143A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB3CD

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

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