#AD79BB#AD79BB

#AD79BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.111 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD79BB
RGB	rgb(173, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 31.83, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 41.57, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0841 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.111 319)
XYZ	xyz(33.0394, 26.1477, 50.3107)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD79BB #87BB79

analogous

#8C79BB #AD79BB #BB79A8

triadic

#AD79BB #BBAD79 #79BBAD

tetradic

#AD79BB #BB8C79 #87BB79 #79A8BB

square

#AD79BB #BB8C79 #87BB79 #79A8BB

split-complementary

#AD79BB #A8BB79 #79BB8C

monochromatic

#6E3E7B #9353A4 #AD79BB #C6A2D0 #DFCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AD79BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AD79BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD79BB

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD79BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD79BB	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad79bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.111 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a0cf',
    500: '#ad79bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad79bb;
$custom-light: #c6a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad79bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65218,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.26147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD79BB

secondary

#C1D5BB

accent

#AB3A52

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD79BB

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

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