#AD8CD8#AD8CD8

#AD8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD8CD8
RGBrgb(173, 140, 216)
HSLhsl(266, 49%, 70%)
HSVhsv(266, 35%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(19.9%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.83, 27.44, -34.30)
CIE-LCHlch(63.83, 43.93, 308.66°)
OKLaboklab(69.91% 0.0629 -0.0949)
OKLCHoklch(69.91% 0.114 303.5)
XYZxyz(39.0038, 32.5983, 69.1897)
Luminance0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD8CD8 #B7D88C
analogous
#8C91D8 #AD8CD8 #D38CD8
triadic
#AD8CD8 #D8AD8C #8CD8AD
tetradic
#AD8CD8 #D88C91 #B7D88C #8CD8D3
square
#AD8CD8 #D88C91 #B7D88C #8CD8D3
split-complementary
#AD8CD8 #D8D38C #91D88C
monochromatic
#6D3BAE #8C5EC9 #AD8CD8 #CEBAE7 #EEE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#AD8CD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52
#AD8CD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8CD8
7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD8CD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD8CD81.002.797.527.52
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5221.001.001.00
##0000007.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B9ADB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#829BD6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A698A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 303.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aee4',
    500: '#ad8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad8cd8;
$custom-light: #c6aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.053,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD8CD8
secondary
#E1EBD5
accent
#BD297C
background
#FCFAFD
surface
#F8F4FB
border
#D1CED4
text
#131015
muted
#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8CD8

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

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#AD8CD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva