#AD5EE8#AD5EE8

#AD5EE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.206 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5EE8
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 56.01, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 80.31, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1267 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.206 308)
XYZ	xyz(35.7988, 22.7163, 78.8271)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5EE8 #99E85E

analogous

#685EE8 #AD5EE8 #E85EDE

triadic

#AD5EE8 #E8AD5E #5EE8AD

tetradic

#AD5EE8 #E8685E #99E85E #5EDEE8

square

#AD5EE8 #E8685E #99E85E #5EDEE8

split-complementary

#AD5EE8 #DEE85E #5EE868

monochromatic

#7119B2 #9228E0 #AD5EE8 #C894F0 #E4C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#AD5EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#AD5EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD5EE8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD5EE8	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)

#2280EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.206 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ff0',
    500: '#ad5ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5ee8;
$custom-light: #c98ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.348,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.20591,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.22716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5EE8

secondary

#CDE9B9

accent

#D70E64

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5EE8

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

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