#AD99BC#AD99BC

#AD99BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.055 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD99BC
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 14.01, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 20.80, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0356 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.055 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7004, 35.2978, 52.3943)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD99BC #A8BC99

analogous

#9C99BC #AD99BC #BC99BA

triadic

#AD99BC #BCAD99 #99BCAD

tetradic

#AD99BC #BC9C99 #A8BC99 #99BABC

square

#AD99BC #BC9C99 #A8BC99 #99BABC

split-complementary

#AD99BC #BABC99 #99BC9C

monochromatic

#715784 #8F74A4 #AD99BC #CBBED4 #E8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AD99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AD99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD99BC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD99BC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.055 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7d0',
    500: '#ad99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad99bc;
$custom-light: #c5b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71209,
    "c": 0.05475,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD99BC

secondary

#D8DED3

accent

#9F466C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD99BC

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

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