#AD55E5#AD55E5

#AD55E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.215 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55E5
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 59.71, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 83.75, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1374 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.215 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6222, 21.0390, 76.3506)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55E5 #8DE555

analogous

#6555E5 #AD55E5 #E555D5

triadic

#AD55E5 #E5AD55 #55E5AD

tetradic

#AD55E5 #E56555 #8DE555 #55D5E5

square

#AD55E5 #E56555 #8DE555 #55D5E5

split-complementary

#AD55E5 #D5E555 #55E565

monochromatic

#6F19A6 #9322DB #AD55E5 #C78AED #E0BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AD55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AD55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55E5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55E5	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.215 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aee',
    500: '#ad55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55e5;
$custom-light: #c98aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.21527,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55E5

secondary

#C5E6B0

accent

#D6105D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55E5

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

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