#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
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 24.27, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 43.85, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0504 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.113 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4398, 36.6742, 78.9565)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##AD97E5	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AD97E5

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

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