#AD56DE#AD56DE

#AD56DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.207 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD56DE
RGB	rgb(173, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 57.72, -55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 79.85, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1364 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.207 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7438, 20.8145, 71.3331)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD56DE #87DE56

analogous

#6956DE #AD56DE #DE56CB

triadic

#AD56DE #DEAD56 #56DEAD

tetradic

#AD56DE #DE6956 #87DE56 #56CBDE

square

#AD56DE #DE6956 #87DE56 #56CBDE

split-complementary

#AD56DE #CBDE56 #56DE69

monochromatic

#6E1E9B #9328CE #AD56DE #C689E8 #DFBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AD56DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AD56DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD56DE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD56DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD56DE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4980DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad56de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.207 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ae9',
    500: '#ad56de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad56de;
$custom-light: #c98ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad56de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.382,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61749,
    "c": 0.20672,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD56DE

secondary

#C1E2AE

accent

#CF1659

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD56DE

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

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