#AD57DD#AD57DD

#AD57DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.204 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD57DD
RGB	rgb(173, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 57.03, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 78.83, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.1353 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.204 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6905, 20.9219, 70.6561)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD57DD #87DD57

analogous

#6A57DD #AD57DD #DD57CA

triadic

#AD57DD #DDAD57 #57DDAD

tetradic

#AD57DD #DD6A57 #87DD57 #57CADD

square

#AD57DD #DD6A57 #87DD57 #57CADD

split-complementary

#AD57DD #CADD57 #57DD6A

monochromatic

#6E1F9A #932ACD #AD57DD #C68AE7 #DFBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AD57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AD57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD57DD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD57DD	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.204 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98be8',
    500: '#ad57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad57dd;
$custom-light: #c98be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.507,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61815,
    "c": 0.20428,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD57DD

secondary

#C1E1AE

accent

#CE1759

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD57DD

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

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