#AD5CEE#AD5CEE

#AD5CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.215 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5CEE
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 58.34, -60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 84.35, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1289 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.215 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4901, 22.7120, 83.3339)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5CEE #9DEE5C

analogous

#645CEE #AD5CEE #EE5CE6

triadic

#AD5CEE #EEAD5C #5CEEAD

tetradic

#AD5CEE #EE645C #9DEE5C #5CE6EE

square

#AD5CEE #EE645C #9DEE5C #5CE6EE

split-complementary

#AD5CEE #E6EE5C #5CEE64

monochromatic

#7114BC #9125E8 #AD5CEE #C993F4 #E5CBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#AD5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#AD5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5CEE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5CEE	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0480F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.215 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ef4',
    500: '#ad5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5cee;
$custom-light: #c98ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.288,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.21509,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5CEE

secondary

#D0ECBA

accent

#DD0867

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5CEE

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

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