#AD48E9#AD48E9

#AD48E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.236 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48E9
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 66.36, -63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 92.16, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.1511 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.236 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2560, 19.4029, 79.0155)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48E9 #84E948

analogous

#5D48E9 #AD48E9 #E948D4

triadic

#AD48E9 #E9AD48 #48E9AD

tetradic

#AD48E9 #E95D48 #84E948 #48D4E9

square

#AD48E9 #E95D48 #84E948 #48D4E9

split-complementary

#AD48E9 #D4E948 #48E95D

monochromatic

#6E14A3 #921ADA #AD48E9 #C57FF0 #DEB5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#AD48E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#AD48E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48E9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48E9	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.236 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83f1',
    500: '#ad48e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48e9;
$custom-light: #ca83f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.64,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60824,
    "c": 0.23572,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48E9

secondary

#BEE6A7

accent

#F5337B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48E9

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

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