#AD5BEE#AD5BEE

#AD5BEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.216 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5BEE
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 58.82, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 84.89, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1301 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.216 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4040, 22.5399, 83.3052)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5BEE #9CEE5B

analogous

#645BEE #AD5BEE #EE5BE6

triadic

#AD5BEE #EEAD5B #5BEEAD

tetradic

#AD5BEE #EE645B #9CEE5B #5BE6EE

square

#AD5BEE #EE645B #9CEE5B #5BE6EE

split-complementary

#AD5BEE #E6EE5B #5BEE64

monochromatic

#7113BB #9124E8 #AD5BEE #C992F4 #E4CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#AD5BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#AD5BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5BEE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5BEE	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.216 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ef4',
    500: '#ad5bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5bee;
$custom-light: #ca8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.469,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63398,
    "c": 0.21647,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5BEE

secondary

#CFECB9

accent

#DE0866

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5BEE

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

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