#AD9DD4#AD9DD4

#AD9DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.080 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9DD4
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(257, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 16.95, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 30.95, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0373 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.08 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1717, 37.7514, 67.3923)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9DD4 #C4D49D

analogous

#9DA8D4 #AD9DD4 #C99DD4

triadic

#AD9DD4 #D4AD9D #9DD4AD

tetradic

#AD9DD4 #D49DA8 #C4D49D #9DD4C9

square

#AD9DD4 #D49DA8 #C4D49D #9DD4C9

split-complementary

#AD9DD4 #D4C99D #A8D49D

monochromatic

#674BAB #8972C1 #AD9DD4 #D1C8E7 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AD9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AD9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9DD4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9DD4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.080 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bae1',
    500: '#ad9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9dd4;
$custom-light: #c6bae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9DD4

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B2348D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9DD4

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

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