#AD85CB#AD85CB

#AD85CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD85CB
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, 28.48, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 41.69, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.07 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.109 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3987, 29.9715, 60.3559)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD85CB #A3CB85

analogous

#8A85CB #AD85CB #CB85C6

triadic

#AD85CB #CBAD85 #85CBAD

tetradic

#AD85CB #CB8A85 #A3CB85 #85C6CB

square

#AD85CB #CB8A85 #A3CB85 #85C6CB

split-complementary

#AD85CB #C6CB85 #85CB8A

monochromatic

#714096 #905AB9 #AD85CB #CAB0DD #E7DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AD85CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#AD85CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD85CB

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD85CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD85CB	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7893CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad85cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a9db',
    500: '#ad85cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad85cb;
$custom-light: #c6a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad85cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD85CB

secondary

#D4E1CA

accent

#B3326A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD85CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →