#AD8DCD#AD8DCD

#AD8DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.098 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8DCD
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 24.41, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 37.51, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0587 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.098 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7758, 32.3420, 61.9983)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8DCD #ADCD8D

analogous

#8D8DCD #AD8DCD #CD8DCD

triadic

#AD8DCD #CDAD8D #8DCDAD

tetradic

#AD8DCD #CD8D8D #ADCD8D #8DCDCD

square

#AD8DCD #CD8D8D #ADCD8D #8DCDCD

split-complementary

#AD8DCD #CDCD8D #8DCD8D

monochromatic

#70449B #8E62BA #AD8DCD #CCB8E0 #EAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AD8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AD8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8DCD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8DCD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A996A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.098 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aedc',
    500: '#ad8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8dcd;
$custom-light: #c6aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69601,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8DCD

secondary

#DBE5D1

accent

#B23373

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8DCD

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

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