#AD57E6#AD57E6

#AD57E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.214 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD57E6
RGB	rgb(173, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 58.98, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 83.17, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.135 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.214 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9219, 21.4144, 77.1413)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD57E6 #90E657

analogous

#6657E6 #AD57E6 #E657D7

triadic

#AD57E6 #E6AD57 #57E6AD

tetradic

#AD57E6 #E66657 #90E657 #57D7E6

square

#AD57E6 #E66657 #90E657 #57D7E6

split-complementary

#AD57E6 #D7E657 #57E666

monochromatic

#7019A9 #9322DE #AD57E6 #C78CEE #E1C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AD57E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AD57E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD57E6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD57E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD57E6	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad57e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.214 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98bef',
    500: '#ad57e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad57e6;
$custom-light: #c98bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad57e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.084,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.21357,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD57E6

secondary

#C7E7B2

accent

#D60F5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD57E6

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

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