#AD57E1#AD57E1

#AD57E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.208 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD57E1
RGB	rgb(173, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 57.89, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 80.76, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1352 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.208 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2298, 21.1376, 73.4963)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD57E1 #8BE157

analogous

#6857E1 #AD57E1 #E157D0

triadic

#AD57E1 #E1AD57 #57E1AD

tetradic

#AD57E1 #E16857 #8BE157 #57D0E1

square

#AD57E1 #E16857 #8BE157 #57D0E1

split-complementary

#AD57E1 #D0E157 #57E168

monochromatic

#6F1DA1 #9326D5 #AD57E1 #C68BEA #E0BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AD57E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AD57E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD57E1

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD57E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD57E1	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad57e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.208 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98beb',
    500: '#ad57e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad57e1;
$custom-light: #c98beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad57e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.20841,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD57E1

secondary

#C4E4B0

accent

#D2145B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD57E1

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

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