#AD9DD3#AD9DD3

#AD9DD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.079 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9DD3
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 211)
HSL	hsl(258, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 25.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 16.73, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 30.41, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.037 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.079 298)
XYZ	xyz(41.0459, 37.7011, 66.7300)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9DD3 #C3D39D

analogous

#9DA8D3 #AD9DD3 #C89DD3

triadic

#AD9DD3 #D3AD9D #9DD3AD

tetradic

#AD9DD3 #D39DA8 #C3D39D #9DD3C8

square

#AD9DD3 #D39DA8 #C3D39D #9DD3C8

split-complementary

#AD9DD3 #D3C89D #A8D39D

monochromatic

#684CA9 #8A73C0 #AD9DD3 #D0C7E6 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AD9DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AD9DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9DD3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9DD3	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.079 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bae0',
    500: '#ad9dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9dd3;
$custom-light: #c6bae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.37701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9DD3

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B1358C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9DD3

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

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