#AD85EB#AD85EB

#AD85EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.150 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD85EB
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 43.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 35.83, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 58.36, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0764 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.15 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6131, 31.6573, 82.5520)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD85EB #C3EB85

analogous

#8590EB #AD85EB #E085EB

triadic

#AD85EB #EBAD85 #85EBAD

tetradic

#AD85EB #EB8590 #C3EB85 #85EBE0

square

#AD85EB #EB8590 #C3EB85 #85EBE0

split-complementary

#AD85EB #EBE085 #90EB85

monochromatic

#6823D3 #8A50E2 #AD85EB #D0BAF4 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AD85EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AD85EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD85EB

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD85EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD85EB	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6998EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7198E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A197AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad85eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.150 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9f2',
    500: '#ad85eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad85eb;
$custom-light: #c7a9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad85eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69603,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD85EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41288

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD85EB

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

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