#AD5BE0#AD5BE0

#AD5BE0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.202 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5BE0
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 224)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 59.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 55.73, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 78.08, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1304 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.202 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4267, 21.7489, 72.8909)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5BE0 #8EE05B

analogous

#6B5BE0 #AD5BE0 #E05BD1

triadic

#AD5BE0 #E0AD5B #5BE0AD

tetradic

#AD5BE0 #E06B5B #8EE05B #5BD1E0

square

#AD5BE0 #E06B5B #8EE05B #5BD1E0

split-complementary

#AD5BE0 #D1E05B #5BE06B

monochromatic

#701FA2 #9328D5 #AD5BE0 #C78EEA #E0C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AD5BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AD5BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5BE0

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5BE0	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)

#287DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.202 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98dea',
    500: '#ad5be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5be0;
$custom-light: #c98dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.992,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.20169,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5BE0

secondary

#C6E4B3

accent

#D0155D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5BE0

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

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