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violet · cool

#d0afdc

a light, soft violet · cool · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Morning Plum

RGB
208, 175, 220
HSL
284°, 39%, 78%
CMYK
6, 21, 0, 14
Luminance
0.4924

#d0afdc is a light soft violet, 284° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.85:1). As text it scores 1.94:1 on white — use #9E5AB7 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(284 39% 78%)rgb(208 175 220)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d0afdc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d0afdc
Hue
284°
violet
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4924
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.85:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 6
Chroma
27.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.797
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 23.5
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue284° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d0afdc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red27%
Green62%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d0afdc
HEX (8-digit)#d0afdcff
RGBrgb(208, 175, 220)
RGBArgba(208, 175, 220, 1)
HSLhsl(284, 39%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 20%, 86%)
HWBhwb(284 69% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 21%, 0%, 14%)
LABlab(75.6 19.9 -18.2)
LCHlch(75.6 27.0 317.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.797 0.072 317.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.26, 49.24, 74.34)
Decimal13676508
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.686 0.863)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d0afdc;
background-color: #d0afdc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d0afdc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d0afdc] bg-[#d0afdc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d0afdc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.686, blue: 0.863)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.686, blue: 0.863, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D0AFDC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD0AFDC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD0AFDC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(220, 175, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 175, 220)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 175, 220)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 175, 220)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.6863f, 0.8627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,175,220}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d0afdc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d0afdc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4B2759, #E6D4EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d0afdc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8F5FA;
  --brand-100: #F2EBF4;
  --brand-200: #E3D2E9;
  --brand-300: #d0afdc;
  --brand-400: #BA8ACC;
  --brand-500: #A363BB;
  --brand-600: #914BAA;
  --brand-700: #793E8E;
  --brand-800: #603272;
  --brand-900: #472753;
  --brand-950: #2D1834;
  --brand: #d0afdc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #DEC6E6;
  --brand-hover: #C296D1;
  --brand-pressed: #B37EC6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E6D4EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F5FA',
        100: '#F2EBF4',
        200: '#E3D2E9',
        300: '#d0afdc',
        400: '#BA8ACC',
        500: '#A363BB',
        600: '#914BAA',
        700: '#793E8E',
        800: '#603272',
        900: '#472753',
        950: '#2D1834',
        DEFAULT: '#d0afdc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F5FA,
  '100': #F2EBF4,
  '200': #E3D2E9,
  '300': #d0afdc,
  '400': #BA8ACC,
  '500': #A363BB,
  '600': #914BAA,
  '700': #793E8E,
  '800': #603272,
  '900': #472753,
  '950': #2D1834,
);
$brand-base: #d0afdc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E3D2E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d0afdc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BA8ACC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A363BB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#914BAA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#793E8E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#603272", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#472753", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2D1834", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d0afdc · 10.85:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.94:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.85:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d0afdc as text scores 1.94:1 on white and 10.85:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4B2759 at 6.26:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#9E5AB7 · 4.57:1
AA on white−24% L
#9E5AB7
The quick fox
#7A3F90 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−37% L
#7A3F90
The quick fox
#d0afdc · 10.85:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d0afdc
The quick fox
#d0afdc · 10.85:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d0afdc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B581C8 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d0afdc on white: 1.94:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d0afdc on black: 10.85:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d0afdc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d0afdc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.94:1AaAa
Slate 501.85:1AaAa
Slate 1001.77:1AaAa
Slate 2001.57:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4001.32:1AaAa
Slate 5002.46:1AaAa
Slate 6003.91:1AaAa
Slate 7005.35:1AaAa
Slate 8007.56:1AaAa
Slate 9009.22:1AaAa
Black10.85:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AAB8DE
deuteranopia · #B1BBDA
tritanopia · #D0B4BE

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d0afdc is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8F5FA
#F2EBF4
#E3D2E9
#d0afdc
#BA8ACC
#A363BB
#914BAA
#793E8E
#603272
#472753
#2D1834
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8F5FADarkest = 950 · #2D1834Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.018 317.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 317.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.043 317.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.056 317.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.066 317.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.072 317.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.072 317.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.068 317.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.060 317.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.050 317.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 317.0);
}

Colors that work with #d0afdc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#DEC6E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#854B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#67913B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4B2759
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5EDF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C296D1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B37EC6
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DBB9E7
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d0afdc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #4B2759
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B581C8

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight23/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BBDCAF
Analogous left#BAAFDC
Analogous right#DCAFD2
Split-complement 1#D2DCAF
Split-complement 2#AFDCBA
Triadic 1#DCD0AF
Triadic 2#AFDCD0
Tetradic#DCBAAF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°284°

#d0afdc sits at 284°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green68.6%
Blue86.3%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
220
0xdc

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.5%
Magenta20.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)13.7%

Total ink coverage is 40%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d0afdc text on a black background

contrast 10.85:1

Card sample

#d0afdc text on a white background

contrast 1.94:1

Card sample

#d0afdc on grey

1.77:1

#d0afdc on its own surface

1.78:1

#d0afdc on its dark surface

9.14:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d0afdc;
Background color
Panel with #d0afdc background
background-color: #d0afdc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d0afdc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 175, 220, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 175, 220, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d0afdc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d0afdc, #DCAFCA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d0afdc, #DCAFBF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d0afdc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d0afdc;
caret-color: #d0afdc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d0afdc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5EDF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d0afdc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d0afdc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d0afdc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(208, 175, 220, 0.5)
rgb(208 175 220 / 50%)
#d0afdc80
hsl(284 39% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d0afdc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d0afdc1a#FAF7FC
20%#d0afdc33#F6EFF8
40%#d0afdc66#ECDFF1
60%#d0afdc99#E3CFEA
80%#d0afdccc#D9BFE3

Gradients from #d0afdc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E9DAEF, #d0afdc 45%, #4B2759);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d0afdc, #D39AB7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d0afdc, #BBDCAF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6EFF8 0%, #d0afdc 45%, #4B2759 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D6D3EC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E5C4DB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4B2759 0%, transparent 65%), #d0afdc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d0afdc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d0afdc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 10.85:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d0afdc, answered

What color is #d0afdc?

#d0afdc is a light soft violet, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 6). It sits at 284° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d0afdc?

rgb(208, 175, 220) — 208 red, 175 green and 220 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 68.6% / 86.3% by channel.

What is #d0afdc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(284, 39%, 78%) and hsv(284, 20%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d0afdc a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4924 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 10.85:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d0afdc?

Black. It scores 10.85:1 against #d0afdc, versus 1.94:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d0afdc accessible on a white background?

#d0afdc on white scores 1.94:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #9E5AB7 to reach 4.5:1, or #7A3F90 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d0afdc?

#BBDCAF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D2DCAF and #AFDCBA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d0afdc?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #DEC6E6 for borders, #854B9B for secondary text, #67913B as an accent and #4B2759 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BAAFDC and #DCAFD2 stays calm, while #BBDCAF is the loudest partner.

What is #d0afdc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 21%, 0%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d0afdc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DCAFD8; nudged cooler, #BFAEDD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d0afdc?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 23.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d0afdc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d0afdc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d0afdc] or text-[#d0afdc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d0afdc with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 175, 220, 0.5), or #d0afdc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8D7EE; over black, #68586E.

Is #d0afdc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 6.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d0afdc mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #d0afdc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E9DAEF, #d0afdc 45%, #4B2759). For more colour, a short hue run to #D39AB7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d0afdc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d0afdc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.