#AD5AED#AD5AED

#AD5AED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.217 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5AED
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 59.08, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 84.95, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.1313 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.217 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1726, 22.3114, 82.5053)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5AED #9AED5A

analogous

#645AED #AD5AED #ED5AE3

triadic

#AD5AED #EDAD5A #5AEDAD

tetradic

#AD5AED #ED645A #9AED5A #5AE3ED

square

#AD5AED #ED645A #9AED5A #5AE3ED

split-complementary

#AD5AED #E3ED5A #5AED64

monochromatic

#7114B8 #9223E7 #AD5AED #C891F3 #E4C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#AD5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#AD5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5AED

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5AED	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.217 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8df4',
    500: '#ad5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5aed;
$custom-light: #ca8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.878,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63205,
    "c": 0.21677,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5AED

secondary

#CEEBB8

accent

#DD0965

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5AED

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

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