#AD5EDD#AD5EDD

#AD5EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.194 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5EDD
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 53.58, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 74.93, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.1267 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.194 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2850, 22.1108, 70.8543)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5EDD #8EDD5E

analogous

#6E5EDD #AD5EDD #DD5ECD

triadic

#AD5EDD #DDAD5E #5EDDAD

tetradic

#AD5EDD #DD6E5E #8EDD5E #5ECDDD

square

#AD5EDD #DD6E5E #8EDD5E #5ECDDD

split-complementary

#AD5EDD #CDDD5E #5EDD6E

monochromatic

#70229F #932CD2 #AD5EDD #C791E8 #E0C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#AD5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#AD5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5EDD

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5EDD	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.194 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88fe8',
    500: '#ad5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5edd;
$custom-light: #c88fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.323,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62748,
    "c": 0.19413,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5EDD

secondary

#C6E3B4

accent

#CD195D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5EDD

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

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