#AD55E4#AD55E4

#AD55E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.214 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55E4
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 59.49, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 83.27, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1374 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.214 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4830, 20.9833, 75.6174)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55E4 #8CE455

analogous

#6655E4 #AD55E4 #E455D4

triadic

#AD55E4 #E4AD55 #55E4AD

tetradic

#AD55E4 #E46655 #8CE455 #55D4E4

square

#AD55E4 #E46655 #8CE455 #55D4E4

split-complementary

#AD55E4 #D4E455 #55E466

monochromatic

#6F1AA4 #9323D9 #AD55E4 #C68AEC #E0BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#AD55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#AD55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55E4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55E4	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.214 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aed',
    500: '#ad55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55e4;
$custom-light: #c98aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.21424,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55E4

secondary

#C4E5B0

accent

#D5115C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55E4

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

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