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#ad8bc9

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

RGB
173, 139, 201
HSL
273°, 37%, 67%
CMYK
14, 31, 0, 21
Luminance
0.3157

Every format

HEX#ad8bc9
RGBrgb(173, 139, 201)
HSLhsl(273, 37%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 31%, 0%, 21%)
LABlab(63.0 24.7 -27.2)
LCHlch(63.0 36.7 312.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.691 0.096 309.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ad8bc9;
background-color: #ad8bc9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ad8bc9] bg-[#ad8bc9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ad8bc9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.545, blue: 0.788)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ad8bc9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ad8bc9 on white: 2.87:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ad8bc9 on black: 7.31:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green54.5%
Blue78.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.9%
Magenta30.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)21.2%

Color previews

#ad8bc9 text on a black background

contrast 7.31:1

Card sample

#ad8bc9 text on a white background

contrast 2.87:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ad8bc9;
Background color
Panel with #ad8bc9 background
background-color: #ad8bc9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ad8bc9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 139, 201, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 139, 201, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ad8bc9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad8bc9, #C98BBC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ad8bc9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ad8bc9 in the Color Lab