#AD8EE4#AD8EE4

#AD8EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8EE4
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 29.11, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 48.99, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0627 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.126 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9070, 33.8315, 77.7588)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8EE4 #C5E48E

analogous

#8E9AE4 #AD8EE4 #D88EE4

triadic

#AD8EE4 #E4AD8E #8EE4AD

tetradic

#AD8EE4 #E48E9A #C5E48E #8EE4D8

square

#AD8EE4 #E48E9A #C5E48E #8EE4D8

split-complementary

#AD8EE4 #E4D88E #9AE48E

monochromatic

#6730C8 #895DD8 #AD8EE4 #D1BFF0 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8EE4

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8EE4	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7afed',
    500: '#ad8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8ee4;
$custom-light: #c7afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70836,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8EE4

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C91C8B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8EE4

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

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