#AD49E4#AD49E4

#AD49E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.230 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD49E4
RGB	rgb(173, 73, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 64.89, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 89.34, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1506 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.23 311)
XYZ	xyz(33.6171, 19.2515, 75.3288)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD49E4 #80E449

analogous

#6049E4 #AD49E4 #E449CD

triadic

#AD49E4 #E4AD49 #49E4AD

tetradic

#AD49E4 #E46049 #80E449 #49CDE4

square

#AD49E4 #E46049 #80E449 #49CDE4

split-complementary

#AD49E4 #CDE449 #49E460

monochromatic

#6D179C #921FD1 #AD49E4 #C57EEC #DDB4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#AD49E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#AD49E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD49E4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD49E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD49E4	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad49e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 73, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.230 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83ed',
    500: '#ad49e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad49e4;
$custom-light: #ca83ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad49e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60595,
    "c": 0.22974,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.19251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD49E4

secondary

#BCE3A6

accent

#F13779

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD49E4

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

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