#AD8CD4#AD8CD4

#AD8CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8CD4
RGB	rgb(173, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 26.54, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 41.83, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.062 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.109 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4929, 32.3940, 66.4994)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8CD4 #B3D48C

analogous

#8C8FD4 #AD8CD4 #D18CD4

triadic

#AD8CD4 #D4AD8C #8CD4AD

tetradic

#AD8CD4 #D48C8F #B3D48C #8CD4D1

square

#AD8CD4 #D48C8F #B3D48C #8CD4D1

split-complementary

#AD8CD4 #D4D18C #8FD48C

monochromatic

#6E3EA7 #8D5FC3 #AD8CD4 #CDB9E5 #EDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AD8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AD8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8CD4

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8CD4	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D99D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A797A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aee1',
    500: '#ad8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8cd4;
$custom-light: #c6aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69727,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8CD4

secondary

#DFE8D3

accent

#B92D79

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8CD4

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

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