#AD97E5#AD97E5

#AD97E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD97E5
RGBrgb(173, 151, 229)
HSLhsl(257, 60%, 75%)
HSVhsv(257, 34%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(24.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.03, 24.27, -36.52)
CIE-LCHlch(67.03, 43.85, 303.60°)
OKLaboklab(72.53% 0.0504 -0.1013)
OKLCHoklch(72.53% 0.113 296.4)
XYZxyz(42.4398, 36.6742, 78.9565)
Luminance0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD97E5 #CFE597
analogous
#97A8E5 #AD97E5 #D497E5
triadic
#AD97E5 #E5AD97 #97E5AD
tetradic
#AD97E5 #E597A8 #CFE597 #97E5D4
square
#AD97E5 #E597A8 #CFE597 #97E5D4
split-complementary
#AD97E5 #E5D497 #A8E597
monochromatic
#6035CD #8666D9 #AD97E5 #D4C8F1 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#AD97E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33
#AD97E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD97E5
8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD97E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD97E51.002.528.338.33
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3321.001.001.00
##0000008.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84A4E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A2E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2A4B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad97e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 296.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5ed',
    500: '#ad97e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad97e5;
$custom-light: #c7b5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad97e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD97E5
secondary
#EAF0DB
accent
#C81E98
background
#FCFBFE
surface
#F8F6FD
border
#D1D0D5
text
#131116
muted
#828084

Preview Lab

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#AD97E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva