#AD49E1#AD49E1

#AD49E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.227 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD49E1
RGB	rgb(173, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 64.27, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 87.93, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1509 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.227 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2042, 19.0864, 73.1545)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD49E1 #7DE149

analogous

#6149E1 #AD49E1 #E149C9

triadic

#AD49E1 #E1AD49 #49E1AD

tetradic

#AD49E1 #E16149 #7DE149 #49C9E1

square

#AD49E1 #E16149 #7DE149 #49C9E1

split-complementary

#AD49E1 #C9E149 #49E161

monochromatic

#6C1997 #9122CB #AD49E1 #C57EEA #DCB2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AD49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#AD49E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD49E1

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD49E1	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.227 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83eb',
    500: '#ad49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad49e1;
$custom-light: #ca83eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60397,
    "c": 0.22687,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD49E1

secondary

#B9E1A5

accent

#EE3977

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD49E1

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

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