#AD5EE6#AD5EE6

#AD5EE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.204 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5EE6
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 55.56, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 79.33, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.1267 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.204 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5164, 22.6033, 77.3394)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5EE6 #97E65E

analogous

#695EE6 #AD5EE6 #E65EDB

triadic

#AD5EE6 #E6AD5E #5EE6AD

tetradic

#AD5EE6 #E6695E #97E65E #5EDBE6

square

#AD5EE6 #E6695E #97E65E #5EDBE6

split-complementary

#AD5EE6 #DBE65E #5EE669

monochromatic

#711BAF #9229DE #AD5EE6 #C893EE #E3C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#AD5EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#AD5EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5EE6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5EE6	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2680EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.204 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98fef',
    500: '#ad5ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ee6;
$custom-light: #c98fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.853,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.20377,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5EE6

secondary

#CCE8B8

accent

#D51063

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5EE6

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

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