#AD57DB#AD57DB

#AD57DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.202 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD57DB
RGB	rgb(173, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 56.60, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 77.87, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1353 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.202 312)
XYZ	xyz(33.4257, 20.8159, 69.2612)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD57DB #85DB57

analogous

#6B57DB #AD57DB #DB57C7

triadic

#AD57DB #DBAD57 #57DBAD

tetradic

#AD57DB #DB6B57 #85DB57 #57C7DB

square

#AD57DB #DB6B57 #85DB57 #57C7DB

split-complementary

#AD57DB #C7DB57 #57DB6B

monochromatic

#6E2097 #922BCA #AD57DB #C689E6 #DEBCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AD57DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AD57DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD57DB

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD57DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD57DB	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)

#257ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad57db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.202 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98be7',
    500: '#ad57db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad57db;
$custom-light: #c98be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad57db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61693,
    "c": 0.20222,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.20815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD57DB

secondary

#BFE0AD

accent

#E8407B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD57DB

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

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