#AD56E8#AD56E8

#AD56E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.217 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD56E8
RGB	rgb(173, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 59.89, -59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 84.67, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1361 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.217 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1239, 21.3666, 78.6021)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD56E8 #91E856

analogous

#6456E8 #AD56E8 #E856DA

triadic

#AD56E8 #E8AD56 #56E8AD

tetradic

#AD56E8 #E86456 #91E856 #56DAE8

square

#AD56E8 #E86456 #91E856 #56DAE8

split-complementary

#AD56E8 #DAE856 #56E864

monochromatic

#7017AC #9320E1 #AD56E8 #C78CEF #E1C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AD56E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#AD56E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD56E8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD56E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD56E8	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F81E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad56e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.217 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98af0',
    500: '#ad56e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad56e8;
$custom-light: #c98af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad56e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.753,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.21699,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD56E8

secondary

#C8E8B2

accent

#D80D5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD56E8

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

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