#AD89CB#AD89CB

#AD89CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.102 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD89CB
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 26.23, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 39.08, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0641 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.102 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9568, 31.0877, 60.5420)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD89CB #A7CB89

analogous

#8C89CB #AD89CB #CB89C8

triadic

#AD89CB #CBAD89 #89CBAD

tetradic

#AD89CB #CB8C89 #A7CB89 #89C8CB

square

#AD89CB #CB8C89 #A7CB89 #89C8CB

split-complementary

#AD89CB #C8CB89 #89CB8C

monochromatic

#714397 #8F5FB8 #AD89CB #CBB3DE #E8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AD89CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AD89CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD89CB

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD89CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD89CB	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A992A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad89cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.102 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6abdb',
    500: '#ad89cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad89cb;
$custom-light: #c6abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad89cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68778,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD89CB

secondary

#D7E3CD

accent

#B2346D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD89CB

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

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