#AD5BE5#AD5BE5

#AD5BE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.207 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5BE5
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 56.82, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 80.51, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1304 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.207 309)
XYZ	xyz(35.1147, 22.0241, 76.5148)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5BE5 #93E55B

analogous

#685BE5 #AD5BE5 #E55BD8

triadic

#AD5BE5 #E5AD5B #5BE5AD

tetradic

#AD5BE5 #E5685B #93E55B #5BD8E5

square

#AD5BE5 #E5685B #93E55B #5BD8E5

split-complementary

#AD5BE5 #D8E55B #5BE568

monochromatic

#701BAB #9326DD #AD5BE5 #C790ED #E2C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AD5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#AD5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5BE5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5BE5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.207 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98dee',
    500: '#ad5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5be5;
$custom-light: #c98dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6283,
    "c": 0.20697,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.22024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5BE5

secondary

#C9E7B5

accent

#D51160

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5BE5

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

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