#AD97DD#AD97DD

#AD97DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD97DD
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 22.39, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 39.57, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0484 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.102 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3484, 36.2377, 73.2088)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD97DD #C7DD97

analogous

#97A4DD #AD97DD #D097DD

triadic

#AD97DD #DDAD97 #97DDAD

tetradic

#AD97DD #DD97A4 #C7DD97 #97DDD0

square

#AD97DD #DD97A4 #C7DD97 #97DDD0

split-complementary

#AD97DD #DDD097 #A4DD97

monochromatic

#653DBC #8969CE #AD97DD #D1C5EC #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AD97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AD97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD97DD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD97DD	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5e7',
    500: '#ad97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad97dd;
$custom-light: #c6b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD97DD

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BE278F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD97DD

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

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