#AD5CED#AD5CED

#AD5CED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.214 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5CED
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 58.11, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 83.86, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.129 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.214 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3436, 22.6534, 82.5623)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5CED #9CED5C

analogous

#655CED #AD5CED #ED5CE5

triadic

#AD5CED #EDAD5C #5CEDAD

tetradic

#AD5CED #ED655C #9CED5C #5CE5ED

square

#AD5CED #ED655C #9CED5C #5CE5ED

split-complementary

#AD5CED #E5ED5C #5CED65

monochromatic

#7115BA #9125E7 #AD5CED #C993F3 #E4CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#AD5CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#AD5CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5CED

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5CED	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0980F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.214 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ef4',
    500: '#ad5ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ced;
$custom-light: #c98ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.517,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63464,
    "c": 0.21404,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5CED

secondary

#CFEBB9

accent

#DC0966

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5CED

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

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