#AD8AE3#AD8AE3

#AD8AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8AE3
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 31.12, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 51.00, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0681 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.131 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1841, 32.6072, 76.8349)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8AE3 #C0E38A

analogous

#8A94E3 #AD8AE3 #DA8AE3

triadic

#AD8AE3 #E3AD8A #8AE3AD

tetradic

#AD8AE3 #E38A94 #C0E38A #8AE3DA

square

#AD8AE3 #E38A94 #C0E38A #8AE3DA

split-complementary

#AD8AE3 #E3DA8A #94E38A

monochromatic

#692FC4 #8A59D7 #AD8AE3 #D0BBEF #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AD8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AD8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8AE3

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8AE3	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A399AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acec',
    500: '#ad8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8ae3;
$custom-light: #c7acec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.596,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70072,
    "c": 0.13147,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8AE3

secondary

#E7F0D9

accent

#C91C85

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8AE3

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

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