#AD5CDD#AD5CDD

#AD5CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.197 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5CDD
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 54.58, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 76.06, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1291 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.197 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1095, 21.7597, 70.7958)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5CDD #8CDD5C

analogous

#6D5CDD #AD5CDD #DD5CCD

triadic

#AD5CDD #DDAD5C #5CDDAD

tetradic

#AD5CDD #DD6D5C #8CDD5C #5CCDDD

square

#AD5CDD #DD6D5C #8CDD5C #5CCDDD

split-complementary

#AD5CDD #CDDD5C #5CDD6D

monochromatic

#6F219E #932BD0 #AD5CDD #C68FE8 #E0C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#AD5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AD5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5CDD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5CDD	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#2F7DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.197 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ee8',
    500: '#ad5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5cdd;
$custom-light: #c98ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62476,
    "c": 0.19708,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5CDD

secondary

#C4E3B2

accent

#CD185C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5CDD

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

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