#AD48E4#AD48E4

#AD48E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.231 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48E4
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 68.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 65.32, -61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 89.81, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1516 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.231 311)
XYZ	xyz(33.5519, 19.1212, 75.3070)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48E4 #7FE448

analogous

#5F48E4 #AD48E4 #E448CD

triadic

#AD48E4 #E4AD48 #48E4AD

tetradic

#AD48E4 #E45F48 #7FE448 #48CDE4

square

#AD48E4 #E45F48 #7FE448 #48CDE4

split-complementary

#AD48E4 #CDE448 #48E45F

monochromatic

#6C179B #921FD0 #AD48E4 #C57DEC #DDB3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#AD48E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#AD48E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48E4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48E4	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.231 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83ed',
    500: '#ad48e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48e4;
$custom-light: #ca83ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60487,
    "c": 0.23096,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.1912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48E4

secondary

#BBE3A5

accent

#F13778

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48E4

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

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