#AD8AEB#AD8AEB

#AD8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.142 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8AEB
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 33.03, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 55.22, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0696 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.142 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3140, 33.0591, 82.7856)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8AEB #C8EB8A

analogous

#8A97EB #AD8AEB #DD8AEB

triadic

#AD8AEB #EBAD8A #8AEBAD

tetradic

#AD8AEB #EB8A97 #C8EB8A #8AEBDD

square

#AD8AEB #EB8A97 #C8EB8A #8AEBDD

split-complementary

#AD8AEB #EBDD8A #97EB8A

monochromatic

#6525D6 #8856E2 #AD8AEB #D2BEF4 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AD8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AD8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8AEB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8AEB	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.142 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acf2',
    500: '#ad8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8aeb;
$custom-light: #c7acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.649,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7047,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8AEB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3138D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8AEB

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

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