#AD5AE5#AD5AE5

#AD5AE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.208 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5AE5
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 57.31, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 81.06, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1316 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.208 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0298, 21.8543, 76.4865)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5AE5 #92E55A

analogous

#675AE5 #AD5AE5 #E55AD8

triadic

#AD5AE5 #E5AD5A #5AE5AD

tetradic

#AD5AE5 #E5675A #92E55A #5AD8E5

square

#AD5AE5 #E5675A #92E55A #5AD8E5

split-complementary

#AD5AE5 #D8E55A #5AE567

monochromatic

#701BAA #9325DD #AD5AE5 #C78FED #E2C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AD5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AD5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5AE5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5AE5	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.208 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98dee',
    500: '#ad5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ae5;
$custom-light: #c98dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.827,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62699,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5AE5

secondary

#C8E7B4

accent

#D51160

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5AE5

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

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