#AD5BE4#AD5BE4

#AD5BE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.206 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5BE4
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 56.60, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 80.02, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1304 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.206 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9755, 21.9685, 75.7816)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5BE4 #92E45B

analogous

#685BE4 #AD5BE4 #E45BD7

triadic

#AD5BE4 #E4AD5B #5BE4AD

tetradic

#AD5BE4 #E4685B #92E45B #5BD7E4

square

#AD5BE4 #E4685B #92E45B #5BD7E4

split-complementary

#AD5BE4 #D7E45B #5BE468

monochromatic

#701CA9 #9326DB #AD5BE4 #C790ED #E2C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AD5BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#AD5BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5BE4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5BE4	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.206 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ded',
    500: '#ad5be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5be4;
$custom-light: #c98ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.912,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.20591,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5BE4

secondary

#C8E6B4

accent

#D41260

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5BE4

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

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