#AD55E2#AD55E2

#AD55E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.212 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55E2
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 59.06, -57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 82.31, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1375 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.212 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2069, 20.8729, 74.1637)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55E2 #8AE255

analogous

#6655E2 #AD55E2 #E255D0

triadic

#AD55E2 #E2AD55 #55E2AD

tetradic

#AD55E2 #E26655 #8AE255 #55D0E2

square

#AD55E2 #E26655 #8AE255 #55D0E2

split-complementary

#AD55E2 #D0E255 #55E266

monochromatic

#6F1BA1 #9324D5 #AD55E2 #C689EB #DFBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AD55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AD55E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55E2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55E2	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.212 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aec',
    500: '#ad55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55e2;
$custom-light: #c98aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.447,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61872,
    "c": 0.2122,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55E2

secondary

#C3E4AF

accent

#D3135B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55E2

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

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