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#ad8bbc

a balanced, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
173, 139, 188
HSL
282°, 27%, 64%
CMYK
8, 26, 0, 26
Luminance
0.3098

Every format

HEX#ad8bbc
RGBrgb(173, 139, 188)
HSLhsl(282, 27%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 26%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(62.5 21.9 -20.7)
LCHlch(62.5 30.1 316.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.685 0.080 315.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ad8bbc;
background-color: #ad8bbc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ad8bbc] bg-[#ad8bbc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ad8bbc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.545, blue: 0.737)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ad8bbc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ad8bbc on white: 2.92:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ad8bbc on black: 7.20:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green54.5%
Blue73.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.0%
Magenta26.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Color previews

#ad8bbc text on a black background

contrast 7.20:1

Card sample

#ad8bbc text on a white background

contrast 2.92:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ad8bbc;
Background color
Panel with #ad8bbc background
background-color: #ad8bbc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ad8bbc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 139, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 139, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ad8bbc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad8bbc, #BC8BAA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ad8bbc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ad8bbc in the Color Lab