#AD79D3#AD79D3

#AD79D3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.140 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD79D3
RGB	rgb(173, 121, 211)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 42.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 36.97, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 53.53, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0891 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.14 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8267, 27.2626, 64.9903)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD79D3 #9FD379

analogous

#8079D3 #AD79D3 #D379CC

triadic

#AD79D3 #D3AD79 #79D3AD

tetradic

#AD79D3 #D38079 #9FD379 #79CCD3

square

#AD79D3 #D38079 #9FD379 #79CCD3

split-complementary

#AD79D3 #CCD379 #79D380

monochromatic

#71349E #914BC4 #AD79D3 #C9A7E2 #E5D5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD79D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD79D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD79D3

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD79D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD79D3	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad79d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 121, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.140 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0e1',
    500: '#ad79d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad79d3;
$custom-light: #c7a0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad79d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66344,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD79D3

secondary

#D2E3C5

accent

#BE2867

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD79D3

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

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