#AD5CE5#AD5CE5

#AD5CE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.206 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5CE5
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 56.33, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 79.95, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1292 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.206 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2008, 22.1962, 76.5435)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5CE5 #94E55C

analogous

#685CE5 #AD5CE5 #E55CD9

triadic

#AD5CE5 #E5AD5C #5CE5AD

tetradic

#AD5CE5 #E5685C #94E55C #5CD9E5

square

#AD5CE5 #E5685C #94E55C #5CD9E5

split-complementary

#AD5CE5 #D9E55C #5CE568

monochromatic

#701BAB #9227DD #AD5CE5 #C891ED #E2C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#AD5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#AD5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5CE5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5CE5	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.206 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98eee',
    500: '#ad5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ce5;
$custom-light: #c98eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.474,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62963,
    "c": 0.20555,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5CE5

secondary

#CAE7B6

accent

#D51161

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5CE5

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

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