#AD45E6#AD45E6

#AD45E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.236 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD45E6
RGB	rgb(173, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 66.98, -63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 92.14, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1544 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.236 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6419, 18.8544, 76.7146)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD45E6 #7EE645

analogous

#5C45E6 #AD45E6 #E645CE

triadic

#AD45E6 #E6AD45 #45E6AD

tetradic

#AD45E6 #E65C45 #7EE645 #45CEE6

square

#AD45E6 #E65C45 #7EE645 #45CEE6

split-complementary

#AD45E6 #CEE645 #45E65C

monochromatic

#6C159C #911CD2 #AD45E6 #C57BED #DDB1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#AD45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#AD45E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD45E6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD45E6	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.236 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81ef',
    500: '#ad45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad45e6;
$custom-light: #ca81ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.758,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60306,
    "c": 0.2364,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD45E6

secondary

#BAE3A4

accent

#F33578

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD45E6

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

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