#AD53DD#AD53DD

#AD53DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.210 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD53DD
RGB	rgb(173, 83, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 58.93, -55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 80.98, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.14 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.21 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3756, 20.2920, 70.5512)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD53DD #83DD53

analogous

#6853DD #AD53DD #DD53C8

triadic

#AD53DD #DDAD53 #53DDAD

tetradic

#AD53DD #DD6853 #83DD53 #53C8DD

square

#AD53DD #DD6853 #83DD53 #53C8DD

split-complementary

#AD53DD #C8DD53 #53DD68

monochromatic

#6D1E98 #9228CB #AD53DD #C586E7 #DEB9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AD53DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AD53DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD53DD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD53DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD53DD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1378E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad53dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 83, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.210 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c988e8',
    500: '#ad53dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad53dd;
$custom-light: #c988e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad53dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.20986,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD53DD

secondary

#BEE1AB

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD53DD

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

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