#AD8AEC#AD8AEC

#AD8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.143 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8AEC
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 33.27, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 55.74, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0698 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.143 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4589, 33.1171, 83.5486)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8AEC #C9EC8A

analogous

#8A98EC #AD8AEC #DE8AEC

triadic

#AD8AEC #ECAD8A #8AECAD

tetradic

#AD8AEC #EC8A98 #C9EC8A #8AECDE

square

#AD8AEC #EC8A98 #C9EC8A #8AECDE

split-complementary

#AD8AEC #ECDE8A #98EC8A

monochromatic

#6423D8 #8855E3 #AD8AEC #D2BFF5 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AD8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8AEC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8AEC	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.143 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acf2',
    500: '#ad8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8aec;
$custom-light: #c7acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8AEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4118F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8AEC

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

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