#AD56E2#AD56E2

#AD56E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.211 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD56E2
RGB	rgb(173, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 58.58, -57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 81.78, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1363 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.211 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2862, 21.0315, 74.1901)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD56E2 #8BE256

analogous

#6756E2 #AD56E2 #E256D1

triadic

#AD56E2 #E2AD56 #56E2AD

tetradic

#AD56E2 #E26756 #8BE256 #56D1E2

square

#AD56E2 #E26756 #8BE256 #56D1E2

split-complementary

#AD56E2 #D1E256 #56E267

monochromatic

#6F1CA2 #9325D6 #AD56E2 #C68AEB #E0BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AD56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AD56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD56E2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD56E2	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.211 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aec',
    500: '#ad56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad56e2;
$custom-light: #c98aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61997,
    "c": 0.21082,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD56E2

secondary

#C4E4B0

accent

#D3135B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD56E2

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

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