#ADB8EA#ADB8EA

#ADB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.072 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB8EA
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(229, 59%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(229, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 7.05, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 27.09, 285.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0063 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.072 275)
XYZ	xyz(49.2214, 49.1044, 84.7107)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB8EA #EADFAD

analogous

#ADD7EA #ADB8EA #C0ADEA

triadic

#ADB8EA #EAADB8 #B8EAAD

tetradic

#ADB8EA #EAADD7 #EADFAD #ADEAC0

square

#ADB8EA #EAADD7 #EADFAD #ADEAC0

split-complementary

#ADB8EA #EAC0AD #D7EAAD

monochromatic

#4C64D1 #7C8EDE #ADB8EA #DEE2F6 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#ADB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#ADB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB8EA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB8EA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.072 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdf0',
    500: '#adb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb8ea;
$custom-light: #c6cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.18,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79145,
    "c": 0.07219,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.49106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB8EA

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A91FC7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB8EA

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

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