#AD45E2#AD45E2

#AD45E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.233 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD45E2
RGB	rgb(173, 69, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 69.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 66.15, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 90.28, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1549 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.233 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0866, 18.6323, 73.7902)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD45E2 #7AE245

analogous

#5E45E2 #AD45E2 #E245C9

triadic

#AD45E2 #E2AD45 #45E2AD

tetradic

#AD45E2 #E25E45 #7AE245 #45C9E2

square

#AD45E2 #E25E45 #7AE245 #45C9E2

split-complementary

#AD45E2 #C9E245 #45E25E

monochromatic

#6B1795 #9120CA #AD45E2 #C47AEA #DCAFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AD45E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AD45E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD45E2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD45E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD45E2	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7678F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad45e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 69, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.233 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81ec',
    500: '#ad45e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad45e2;
$custom-light: #ca81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad45e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.745,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60036,
    "c": 0.23265,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD45E2

secondary

#B7E1A2

accent

#F03876

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD45E2

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

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