#AD48E2#AD48E2

#AD48E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.229 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48E2
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 64.90, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 88.88, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1518 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.229 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2759, 19.0108, 73.8533)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48E2 #7DE248

analogous

#6048E2 #AD48E2 #E248CA

triadic

#AD48E2 #E2AD48 #48E2AD

tetradic

#AD48E2 #E26048 #7DE248 #48CAE2

square

#AD48E2 #E26048 #7DE248 #48CAE2

split-complementary

#AD48E2 #CAE248 #48E260

monochromatic

#6C1898 #9120CC #AD48E2 #C57DEA #DCB2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AD48E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AD48E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48E2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48E2	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.229 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82ec',
    500: '#ad48e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48e2;
$custom-light: #ca82ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.351,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60354,
    "c": 0.22905,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48E2

secondary

#B9E1A4

accent

#EF3877

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48E2

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

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