#AD53E2#AD53E2

#AD53E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.215 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD53E2
RGB	rgb(173, 83, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 63.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 60.00, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 83.37, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.1398 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.215 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0517, 20.5625, 74.1119)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD53E2 #88E253

analogous

#6553E2 #AD53E2 #E253D0

triadic

#AD53E2 #E2AD53 #53E2AD

tetradic

#AD53E2 #E26553 #88E253 #53D0E2

square

#AD53E2 #E26553 #88E253 #53D0E2

split-complementary

#AD53E2 #D0E253 #53E265

monochromatic

#6E1BA0 #9324D4 #AD53E2 #C687EB #DFBCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#AD53E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#AD53E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD53E2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD53E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD53E2	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad53e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 83, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.215 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c989ec',
    500: '#ad53e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad53e2;
$custom-light: #c989ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad53e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.762,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61624,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD53E2

secondary

#C1E4AD

accent

#D3125A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD53E2

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

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