#AD9ECD#AD9ECD

#AD9ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.069 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9ECD
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 14.83, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 26.56, 303.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0338 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.069 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4776, 37.7456, 62.8989)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9ECD #BECD9E

analogous

#9EA6CD #AD9ECD #C49ECD

triadic

#AD9ECD #CDAD9E #9ECDAD

tetradic

#AD9ECD #CD9EA6 #BECD9E #9ECDC4

square

#AD9ECD #CD9EA6 #BECD9E #9ECDC4

split-complementary

#AD9ECD #CDC49E #A6CD9E

monochromatic

#6A529F #8B76B8 #AD9ECD #CFC6E2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AD9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AD9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9ECD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9ECD	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)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.069 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6badc',
    500: '#ad9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9ecd;
$custom-light: #c6badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9ECD

secondary

#E6EADD

accent

#AB3B87

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9ECD

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

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