#AD53E0#AD53E0

#AD53E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.213 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD53E0
RGB	rgb(173, 83, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 59.57, -56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 82.41, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1399 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.213 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7789, 20.4533, 72.6750)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD53E0 #86E053

analogous

#6753E0 #AD53E0 #E053CC

triadic

#AD53E0 #E0AD53 #53E0AD

tetradic

#AD53E0 #E06753 #86E053 #53CCE0

square

#AD53E0 #E06753 #86E053 #53CCE0

split-complementary

#AD53E0 #CCE053 #53E067

monochromatic

#6E1C9C #9326D0 #AD53E0 #C687E9 #DEBBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AD53E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AD53E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD53E0

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD53E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD53E0	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0779E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad53e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 83, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.213 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c989ea',
    500: '#ad53e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad53e0;
$custom-light: #c989ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad53e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61497,
    "c": 0.21289,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD53E0

secondary

#C0E2AC

accent

#D11459

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD53E0

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

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