#AD55B2#AD55B2

#AD55B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.164 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55B2
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(297, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 49.33, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 59.87, 325.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1353 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.164 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5173, 18.5971, 44.1983)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55B2 #5AB255

analogous

#7F55B2 #AD55B2 #B25589

triadic

#AD55B2 #B2AD55 #55B2AD

tetradic

#AD55B2 #B27F55 #5AB255 #5589B2

square

#AD55B2 #B27F55 #5AB255 #5589B2

split-complementary

#AD55B2 #89B255 #55B27F

monochromatic

#5E2C61 #873F8B #AD55B2 #C17FC5 #D6A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AD55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AD55B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55B2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55B2	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A70B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.164 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c889c9',
    500: '#ad55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55b2;
$custom-light: #c889c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.774,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59135,
    "c": 0.16441,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55B2

secondary

#9FC69D

accent

#CE5A60

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55B2

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

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