#ADB4E2#ADB4E2

#ADB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.066 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB4E2
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(232, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(232, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 7.37, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 24.95, 287.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0092 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.066 278)
XYZ	xyz(47.2788, 47.0167, 78.5209)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB4E2 #E2DBAD

analogous

#ADCEE2 #ADB4E2 #C0ADE2

triadic

#ADB4E2 #E2ADB4 #B4E2AD

tetradic

#ADB4E2 #E2ADCE #E2DBAD #ADE2C0

square

#ADB4E2 #E2ADCE #E2DBAD #ADE2C0

split-complementary

#ADB4E2 #E2C0AD #CEE2AD

monochromatic

#5361C2 #808BD2 #ADB4E2 #DADDF2 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ADB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#ADB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB4E2

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB4E2	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.066 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caeb',
    500: '#adb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb4e2;
$custom-light: #c6caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.075,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78026,
    "c": 0.06598,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB4E2

secondary

#EEECDD

accent

#A82ABB

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB4E2

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

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