#AD5BDD#AD5BDD

#AD5BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.199 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5BDD
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 55.07, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 76.62, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1304 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.199 311)
XYZ	xyz(34.0234, 21.5876, 70.7671)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5BDD #8BDD5B

analogous

#6C5BDD #AD5BDD #DD5BCC

triadic

#AD5BDD #DDAD5B #5BDDAD

tetradic

#AD5BDD #DD6C5B #8BDD5B #5BCCDD

square

#AD5BDD #DD6C5B #8BDD5B #5BCCDD

split-complementary

#AD5BDD #CCDD5B #5BDD6C

monochromatic

#6F219D #932BD0 #AD5BDD #C68EE8 #E0C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#AD5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#AD5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5BDD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5BDD	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.199 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98de8',
    500: '#ad5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5bdd;
$custom-light: #c98de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62341,
    "c": 0.19854,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.21587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5BDD

secondary

#C4E2B1

accent

#CE185B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5BDD

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

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