#AD5AE3#AD5AE3

#AD5AE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.206 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5AE3
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 56.87, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 80.09, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1316 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.206 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7522, 21.7433, 75.0243)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5AE3 #90E35A

analogous

#695AE3 #AD5AE3 #E35AD5

triadic

#AD5AE3 #E3AD5A #5AE3AD

tetradic

#AD5AE3 #E3695A #90E35A #5AD5E3

square

#AD5AE3 #E3695A #90E35A #5AD5E3

split-complementary

#AD5AE3 #D5E35A #5AE369

monochromatic

#701CA6 #9326DA #AD5AE3 #C78EEC #E1C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AD5AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AD5AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5AE3

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5AE3	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)

#1F7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.206 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98dec',
    500: '#ad5ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ae3;
$custom-light: #c98dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.35,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62575,
    "c": 0.20628,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5AE3

secondary

#C7E6B3

accent

#D3125E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5AE3

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

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