#AD44E5#AD44E5

#AD44E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.237 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD44E5
RGB	rgb(173, 68, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 67.18, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 92.13, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1555 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.237 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4409, 18.6764, 75.9568)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD44E5 #7CE544

analogous

#5C44E5 #AD44E5 #E544CD

triadic

#AD44E5 #E5AD44 #44E5AD

tetradic

#AD44E5 #E55C44 #7CE544 #44CDE5

square

#AD44E5 #E55C44 #7CE544 #44CDE5

split-complementary

#AD44E5 #CDE544 #44E55C

monochromatic

#6B1599 #911DCF #AD44E5 #C57AEC #DCAFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AD44E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AD44E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD44E5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD44E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD44E5	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad44e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 68, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.237 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81ee',
    500: '#ad44e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad44e5;
$custom-light: #ca81ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad44e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60135,
    "c": 0.23662,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD44E5

secondary

#B9E2A2

accent

#F23677

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD44E5

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

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