#AD5AEC#AD5AEC

#AD5AEC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.216 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5AEC
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 236)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 58.86, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 84.46, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1313 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.216 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0269, 22.2532, 81.7380)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5AEC #99EC5A

analogous

#645AEC #AD5AEC #EC5AE2

triadic

#AD5AEC #ECAD5A #5AECAD

tetradic

#AD5AEC #EC645A #99EC5A #5AE2EC

square

#AD5AEC #EC645A #99EC5A #5AE2EC

split-complementary

#AD5AEC #E2EC5A #5AEC64

monochromatic

#7115B7 #9223E6 #AD5AEC #C891F2 #E4C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#AD5AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#AD5AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5AEC

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5AEC	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F83E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.216 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98df3',
    500: '#ad5aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5aec;
$custom-light: #c98df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.11,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.21572,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5AEC

secondary

#CDEBB7

accent

#DC0A64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5AEC

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

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