#AD59DD#AD59DD

#AD59DD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.201 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD59DD
RGB	rgb(173, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 56.06, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 77.73, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1328 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.201 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8547, 21.2502, 70.7109)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD59DD #89DD59

analogous

#6B59DD #AD59DD #DD59CB

triadic

#AD59DD #DDAD59 #59DDAD

tetradic

#AD59DD #DD6B59 #89DD59 #59CBDD

square

#AD59DD #DD6B59 #89DD59 #59CBDD

split-complementary

#AD59DD #CBDD59 #59DD6B

monochromatic

#6F209C #932ACF #AD59DD #C68CE7 #DFBFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AD59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AD59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD59DD

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD59DD	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.201 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ce8',
    500: '#ad59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad59dd;
$custom-light: #c98ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62076,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD59DD

secondary

#C2E2B0

accent

#CE185A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD59DD

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

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