#AD85BC#AD85BC

#AD85BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD85BC
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 29.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 25.29, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 34.11, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0661 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.091 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6969, 29.2908, 51.3931)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD85BC #94BC85

analogous

#9185BC #AD85BC #BC85B0

triadic

#AD85BC #BCAD85 #85BCAD

tetradic

#AD85BC #BC9185 #94BC85 #85B0BC

square

#AD85BC #BC9185 #94BC85 #85B0BC

split-complementary

#AD85BC #B0BC85 #85BC91

monochromatic

#704680 #925DA6 #AD85BC #C8ADD2 #E2D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AD85BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#AD85BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD85BC

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD85BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD85BC	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E91BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad85bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a9d0',
    500: '#ad85bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad85bc;
$custom-light: #c6a9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad85bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67407,
    "c": 0.09088,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD85BC

secondary

#CAD8C4

accent

#A83E5B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD85BC

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

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