#AD8ADE#AD8ADE

#AD8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8ADE
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 29.95, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 48.37, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0671 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.125 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5041, 32.3351, 73.2532)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8ADE #BBDE8A

analogous

#8A91DE #AD8ADE #D78ADE

triadic

#AD8ADE #DEAD8A #8ADEAD

tetradic

#AD8ADE #DE8A91 #BBDE8A #8ADED7

square

#AD8ADE #DE8A91 #BBDE8A #8ADED7

split-complementary

#AD8ADE #DED78A #91DE8A

monochromatic

#6C34B9 #8C5AD1 #AD8ADE #CEBAEB #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AD8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AD8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8ADE

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8ADE	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A597AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ace8',
    500: '#ad8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8ade;
$custom-light: #c7ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6983,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8ADE

secondary

#E4EDD6

accent

#C42280

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8ADE

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

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