#AD55E9#AD55E9

#AD55E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.219 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55E9
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 60.58, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 85.68, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1372 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.219 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1871, 21.2650, 79.3259)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55E9 #91E955

analogous

#6355E9 #AD55E9 #E955DB

triadic

#AD55E9 #E9AD55 #55E9AD

tetradic

#AD55E9 #E96355 #91E955 #55DBE9

square

#AD55E9 #E96355 #91E955 #55DBE9

split-complementary

#AD55E9 #DBE955 #55E963

monochromatic

#7016AD #931FE2 #AD55E9 #C78BF0 #E1C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AD55E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AD55E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55E9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55E9	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C80E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.219 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af1',
    500: '#ad55e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55e9;
$custom-light: #ca8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.21936,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55E9

secondary

#C8E8B2

accent

#D90C5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55E9

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

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