#AD9DEC#AD9DEC

#AD9DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9DEC
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 22.56, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 43.88, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0437 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.113 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4272, 39.0536, 84.5381)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9DEC #DCEC9D

analogous

#9DB5EC #AD9DEC #D59DEC

triadic

#AD9DEC #ECAD9D #9DECAD

tetradic

#AD9DEC #EC9DB5 #DCEC9D #9DECD5

square

#AD9DEC #EC9DB5 #DCEC9D #9DECD5

split-complementary

#AD9DEC #ECD59D #B5EC9D

monochromatic

#5736D8 #826AE2 #AD9DEC #D8D0F6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AD9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AD9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9DEC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9DEC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7baf2',
    500: '#ad9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9dec;
$custom-light: #c7baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.152,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73972,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9DEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#CF16AA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9DEC

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

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