#AD8AEF#AD8AEF

#AD8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.147 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8AEF
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 33.99, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 57.32, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0703 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.147 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8984, 33.2929, 85.8634)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8AEF #CCEF8A

analogous

#8A9AEF #AD8AEF #E08AEF

triadic

#AD8AEF #EFAD8A #8AEFAD

tetradic

#AD8AEF #EF8A9A #CCEF8A #8AEFE0

square

#AD8AEF #EF8A9A #CCEF8A #8AEFE0

split-complementary

#AD8AEF #EFE08A #9AEF8A

monochromatic

#621FE0 #8754E8 #AD8AEF #D3C0F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AD8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AD8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8AEF

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8AEF	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.147 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acf4',
    500: '#ad8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8aef;
$custom-light: #c7acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.792,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8AEF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D80D92

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8AEF

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

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