#AD8AEE#AD8AEE

#AD8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.146 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8AEE
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 33.75, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 56.80, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0701 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.146 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7511, 33.2339, 85.0875)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8AEE #CBEE8A

analogous

#8A99EE #AD8AEE #DF8AEE

triadic

#AD8AEE #EEAD8A #8AEEAD

tetradic

#AD8AEE #EE8A99 #CBEE8A #8AEEDF

square

#AD8AEE #EE8A99 #CBEE8A #8AEEDF

split-complementary

#AD8AEE #EEDF8A #99EE8A

monochromatic

#6220DD #8855E6 #AD8AEE #D2BFF6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AD8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8AEE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8AEE	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.146 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acf4',
    500: '#ad8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8aee;
$custom-light: #c7acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8AEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F91

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8AEE

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

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