#AD86CD#AD86CD

#AD86CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD86CD
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 28.36, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 42.07, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.069 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.11 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7761, 30.3426, 61.6651)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD86CD #A6CD86

analogous

#8A86CD #AD86CD #CD86C9

triadic

#AD86CD #CDAD86 #86CDAD

tetradic

#AD86CD #CD8A86 #A6CD86 #86C9CD

square

#AD86CD #CD8A86 #A6CD86 #86C9CD

split-complementary

#AD86CD #C9CD86 #86CD8A

monochromatic

#713F99 #905BBB #AD86CD #CAB1DF #E8DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AD86CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AD86CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD86CD

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD86CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD86CD	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7894D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A990A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad86cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a9dc',
    500: '#ad86cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad86cd;
$custom-light: #c6a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad86cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68323,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD86CD

secondary

#D6E3CC

accent

#B5316C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD86CD

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

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