#AD5DE5#AD5DE5

#AD5DE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.204 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5DE5
RGB	rgb(173, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 55.84, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 79.40, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.128 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.204 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2880, 22.3706, 76.5725)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5DE5 #95E55D

analogous

#695DE5 #AD5DE5 #E55DD9

triadic

#AD5DE5 #E5AD5D #5DE5AD

tetradic

#AD5DE5 #E5695D #95E55D #5DD9E5

square

#AD5DE5 #E5695D #95E55D #5DD9E5

split-complementary

#AD5DE5 #D9E55D #5DE569

monochromatic

#711CAC #9228DD #AD5DE5 #C892ED #E2C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#AD5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#AD5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5DE5

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5DE5	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.204 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98fee',
    500: '#ad5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5de5;
$custom-light: #c98fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63096,
    "c": 0.20413,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5DE5

secondary

#CBE7B7

accent

#D41162

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5DE5

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

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