#AD9AAA#AD9AAA

#AD9AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.032 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9AAA
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(309, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 9.89, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 11.45, 329.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0277 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.032 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0440, 34.8982, 42.8597)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9AAA #9AAD9D

analogous

#A79AAD #AD9AAA #AD9AA1

triadic

#AD9AAA #AAAD9A #9AAAAD

tetradic

#AD9AAA #ADA79A #9AAD9D #9AA1AD

square

#AD9AAA #ADA79A #9AAD9D #9AA1AD

split-complementary

#AD9AAA #A1AD9A #9AADA7

monochromatic

#715C6E #92788E #AD9AAA #C8BCC6 #E4DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AD9AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#AD9AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9AAA

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9AAA	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.032 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7c3',
    500: '#ad9aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9aaa;
$custom-light: #c5b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 10.383,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7078,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9AAA

secondary

#CED5CF

accent

#945C51

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9AAA

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

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