#AD9FDD#AD9FDD

#AD9FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.089 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9FDD
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 221)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 17.89, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 34.56, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0371 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.089 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6799, 38.9006, 73.6526)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9FDD #CFDD9F

analogous

#9FB0DD #AD9FDD #CC9FDD

triadic

#AD9FDD #DDAD9F #9FDDAD

tetradic

#AD9FDD #DD9FB0 #CFDD9F #9FDDCC

square

#AD9FDD #DD9FB0 #CFDD9F #9FDDCC

split-complementary

#AD9FDD #DDCC9F #B0DD9F

monochromatic

#6045BD #8672CD #AD9FDD #D4CCED #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AD9FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AD9FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9FDD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9FDD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.089 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bbe7',
    500: '#ad9fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9fdd;
$custom-light: #c6bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9FDD

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2B9A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9FDD

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

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