#AD59E6#AD59E6

#AD59E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.211 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD59E6
RGB	rgb(173, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 58.02, -58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 82.09, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1327 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.211 309)
XYZ	xyz(35.0861, 21.7428, 77.1960)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD59E6 #92E659

analogous

#6759E6 #AD59E6 #E659D8

triadic

#AD59E6 #E6AD59 #59E6AD

tetradic

#AD59E6 #E66759 #92E659 #59D8E6

square

#AD59E6 #E66759 #92E659 #59D8E6

split-complementary

#AD59E6 #D8E659 #59E667

monochromatic

#701AAB #9324DE #AD59E6 #C78EEE #E2C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AD59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AD59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD59E6

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD59E6	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.211 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98cef',
    500: '#ad59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad59e6;
$custom-light: #c98cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62632,
    "c": 0.21081,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.21742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD59E6

secondary

#C8E7B4

accent

#D61060

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD59E6

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

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