#AD97EB#AD97EB

#AD97EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD97EB
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 25.70, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 47.06, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0518 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.121 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2920, 37.0151, 83.4450)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD97EB #D5EB97

analogous

#97ABEB #AD97EB #D797EB

triadic

#AD97EB #EBAD97 #97EBAD

tetradic

#AD97EB #EB97AB #D5EB97 #97EBD7

square

#AD97EB #EB97AB #D5EB97 #97EBD7

split-complementary

#AD97EB #EBD797 #ABEB97

monochromatic

#5C30D7 #8564E1 #AD97EB #D5CAF5 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AD97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AD97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD97EB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD97EB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5f1',
    500: '#ad97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad97eb;
$custom-light: #c7b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD97EB

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D0169F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD97EB

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

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