#AD55EE#AD55EE

#AD55EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.224 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD55EE
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(275, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 61.68, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 88.08, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.1369 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.224 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9115, 21.5548, 83.1410)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD55EE #96EE55

analogous

#6055EE #AD55EE #EE55E2

triadic

#AD55EE #EEAD55 #55EEAD

tetradic

#AD55EE #EE6055 #96EE55 #55E2EE

square

#AD55EE #EE6055 #96EE55 #55E2EE

split-complementary

#AD55EE #E2EE55 #55EE60

monochromatic

#7112B6 #921DE8 #AD55EE #C88DF4 #E3C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#AD55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#AD55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD55EE

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD55EE	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3681EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.224 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af4',
    500: '#ad55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad55ee;
$custom-light: #ca8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.51,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62644,
    "c": 0.22447,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD55EE

secondary

#CBEBB4

accent

#DE0763

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD55EE

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

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