#AD9FEE#AD9FEE

#AD9FEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9FEE
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 21.92, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 43.72, 300.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0415 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.113 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0605, 39.8528, 86.1907)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9FEE #E0EE9F

analogous

#9FB8EE #AD9FEE #D49FEE

triadic

#AD9FEE #EEAD9F #9FEEAD

tetradic

#AD9FEE #EE9FB8 #E0EE9F #9FEED4

square

#AD9FEE #EE9FB8 #E0EE9F #9FEED4

split-complementary

#AD9FEE #EED49F #B8EE9F

monochromatic

#5437DC #816BE5 #AD9FEE #D9D3F7 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AD9FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AD9FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9FEE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9FEE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FADBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bbf4',
    500: '#ad9fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9fee;
$custom-light: #c7bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74439,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9FEE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D214B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9FEE

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

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