#AD56DD#AD56DD

#AD56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.206 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD56DD
RGB	rgb(173, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 57.51, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 79.37, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1364 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.206 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6101, 20.7611, 70.6293)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD56DD #86DD56

analogous

#6A56DD #AD56DD #DD56C9

triadic

#AD56DD #DDAD56 #56DDAD

tetradic

#AD56DD #DD6A56 #86DD56 #56C9DD

square

#AD56DD #DD6A56 #86DD56 #56C9DD

split-complementary

#AD56DD #C9DD56 #56DD6A

monochromatic

#6E1F9A #9329CD #AD56DD #C689E7 #DEBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#AD56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AD56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD56DD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD56DD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.206 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ae8',
    500: '#ad56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad56dd;
$custom-light: #c98ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61687,
    "c": 0.20569,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD56DD

secondary

#C0E1AE

accent

#CE1758

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD56DD

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

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