#AD4AE1#AD4AE1

#AD4AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.226 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4AE1
RGB	rgb(173, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 63.83, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 87.45, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1498 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.226 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2705, 19.2189, 73.1765)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4AE1 #7EE14A

analogous

#614AE1 #AD4AE1 #E14AC9

triadic

#AD4AE1 #E1AD4A #4AE1AD

tetradic

#AD4AE1 #E1614A #7EE14A #4AC9E1

square

#AD4AE1 #E1614A #7EE14A #4AC9E1

split-complementary

#AD4AE1 #C9E14A #4AE161

monochromatic

#6C1997 #9122CC #AD4AE1 #C57EEA #DDB3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#AD4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#AD4AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD4AE1

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD4AE1	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.226 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca84eb',
    500: '#ad4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4ae1;
$custom-light: #ca84eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.338,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60507,
    "c": 0.22562,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4AE1

secondary

#BAE1A6

accent

#EE3978

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4AE1

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

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