#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
RGB	rgb(173, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 27.44, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 43.93, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0629 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.114 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0038, 32.5983, 69.1897)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##AD8CD8	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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