#AD8AF8#AD8AF8

#AD8AF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.159 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8AF8
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 36.19, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 62.06, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0716 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.159 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2612, 33.8380, 93.0409)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8AF8 #D5F88A

analogous

#8A9EF8 #AD8AF8 #E48AF8

triadic

#AD8AF8 #F8AD8A #8AF8AD

tetradic

#AD8AF8 #F88A9E #D5F88A #8AF8E4

square

#AD8AF8 #F88A9E #D5F88A #8AF8E4

split-complementary

#AD8AF8 #F8E48A #9EF88A

monochromatic

#5C17F1 #8550F5 #AD8AF8 #D5C4FB #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD8AF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD8AF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8AF8

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8AF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8AF8	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#689EFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F9CF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9EB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8af8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.159 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8acfb',
    500: '#ad8af8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8af8;
$custom-light: #c8acfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8af8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 88.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71146,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8AF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E5009C

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8AF8

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

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