#AD55E6#AD55E6

#AD55E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.216 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55E6
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 59.93, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 84.23, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1373 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.216 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7622, 21.0950, 77.0881)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55E6 #8EE655

analogous

#6555E6 #AD55E6 #E655D6

triadic

#AD55E6 #E6AD55 #55E6AD

tetradic

#AD55E6 #E66555 #8EE655 #55D6E6

square

#AD55E6 #E66555 #8EE655 #55D6E6

split-complementary

#AD55E6 #D6E655 #55E665

monochromatic

#7019A8 #9321DD #AD55E6 #C78AEE #E0C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AD55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#AD55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55E6

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55E6	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4080E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.216 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aef',
    500: '#ad55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55e6;
$custom-light: #c98aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.414,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62125,
    "c": 0.21628,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55E6

secondary

#C6E6B1

accent

#D60F5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55E6

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

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