#ADB4E4#ADB4E4

#ADB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.069 H 278.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB4E4
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(232, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(232, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, 7.84, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 26.02, 287.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.0098 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.069 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5548, 47.1271, 79.9747)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB4E4 #E4DDAD

analogous

#ADCFE4 #ADB4E4 #C1ADE4

triadic

#ADB4E4 #E4ADB4 #B4E4AD

tetradic

#ADB4E4 #E4ADCF #E4DDAD #ADE4C1

square

#ADB4E4 #E4ADCF #E4DDAD #ADE4C1

split-complementary

#ADB4E4 #E4C1AD #CFE4AD

monochromatic

#5160C6 #7F8AD5 #ADB4E4 #DBDEF3 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#ADB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#ADB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB4E4

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB4E4	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.069 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caec',
    500: '#adb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb4e4;
$custom-light: #c6caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78105,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB4E4

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#AB28BE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB4E4

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

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