#AD8CF6#AD8CF6

#AD8CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.153 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8CF6
RGB	rgb(173, 140, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 43.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 34.58, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 59.77, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0687 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.153 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2422, 34.2937, 91.5121)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8CF6 #D5F68C

analogous

#8CA0F6 #AD8CF6 #E28CF6

triadic

#AD8CF6 #F6AD8C #8CF6AD

tetradic

#AD8CF6 #F68CA0 #D5F68C #8CF6E2

square

#AD8CF6 #F68CA0 #D5F68C #8CF6E2

split-complementary

#AD8CF6 #F6E28C #A0F68C

monochromatic

#5C1AED #8553F2 #AD8CF6 #D5C5FA #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AD8CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AD8CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8CF6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8CF6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C9FFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729DF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9FB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 140, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.153 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef9',
    500: '#ad8cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8cf6;
$custom-light: #c8aef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.679,
    "s": 85.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71386,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8CF6

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E2049D

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8CF6

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

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