#AD5AE2#AD5AE2

#AD5AE2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.205 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5AE2
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 56.65, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 79.60, 315.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1316 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.205 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6146, 21.6882, 74.2995)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5AE2 #8FE25A

analogous

#695AE2 #AD5AE2 #E25AD3

triadic

#AD5AE2 #E2AD5A #5AE2AD

tetradic

#AD5AE2 #E2695A #8FE25A #5AD3E2

square

#AD5AE2 #E2695A #8FE25A #5AD3E2

split-complementary

#AD5AE2 #D3E25A #5AE269

monochromatic

#701DA5 #9326D9 #AD5AE2 #C78EEB #E1C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AD5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#AD5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5AE2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5AE2	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.205 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98dec',
    500: '#ad5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ae2;
$custom-light: #c98dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.618,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62513,
    "c": 0.20522,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5AE2

secondary

#C6E5B3

accent

#D2135E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5AE2

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

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