#AD46E6#AD46E6

#AD46E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.235 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD46E6
RGB	rgb(173, 70, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 66.57, -63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 91.68, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1534 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.235 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7039, 18.9785, 76.7353)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD46E6 #7FE646

analogous

#5D46E6 #AD46E6 #E646CF

triadic

#AD46E6 #E6AD46 #46E6AD

tetradic

#AD46E6 #E65D46 #7FE646 #46CFE6

square

#AD46E6 #E65D46 #7FE646 #46CFE6

split-complementary

#AD46E6 #CFE646 #46E65D

monochromatic

#6C159C #921CD2 #AD46E6 #C57CED #DDB2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AD46E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AD46E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD46E6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD46E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD46E6	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad46e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 70, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.235 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82ef',
    500: '#ad46e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad46e6;
$custom-light: #ca82ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad46e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.625,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60409,
    "c": 0.23523,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD46E6

secondary

#BBE3A4

accent

#F33579

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD46E6

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

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