#AD5EE5#AD5EE5

#AD5EE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.203 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5EE5
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 55.34, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 78.84, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1267 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.203 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3763, 22.5473, 76.6020)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5EE5 #96E55E

analogous

#695EE5 #AD5EE5 #E55EDA

triadic

#AD5EE5 #E5AD5E #5EE5AD

tetradic

#AD5EE5 #E5695E #96E55E #5EDAE5

square

#AD5EE5 #E5695E #96E55E #5EDAE5

split-complementary

#AD5EE5 #DAE55E #5EE569

monochromatic

#711CAD #9229DC #AD5EE5 #C893EE #E3C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#AD5EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#AD5EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5EE5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5EE5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.203 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98fee',
    500: '#ad5ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ee5;
$custom-light: #c98fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.111,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63231,
    "c": 0.20269,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5EE5

secondary

#CBE7B7

accent

#D41162

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5EE5

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

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