#AD96CD#AD96CD

#AD96CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.082 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD96CD
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(265, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 19.33, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 31.67, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0455 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.082 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1572, 35.1048, 62.4588)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD96CD #B6CD96

analogous

#969BCD #AD96CD #C996CD

triadic

#AD96CD #CDAD96 #96CDAD

tetradic

#AD96CD #CD969B #B6CD96 #96CDC9

square

#AD96CD #CD969B #B6CD96 #96CDC9

split-complementary

#AD96CD #CDC996 #9BCD96

monochromatic

#6E4B9E #8D6DB9 #AD96CD #CDBFE1 #EEE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AD96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AD96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD96CD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD96CD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.082 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5dc',
    500: '#ad96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad96cd;
$custom-light: #c6b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.08241,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD96CD

secondary

#E1E7D8

accent

#AE377D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD96CD

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

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