#AD4AE2#AD4AE2

#AD4AE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.227 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4AE2
RGB	rgb(173, 74, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 64.04, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 87.92, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1497 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.227 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4073, 19.2736, 73.8971)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4AE2 #7FE24A

analogous

#614AE2 #AD4AE2 #E24ACB

triadic

#AD4AE2 #E2AD4A #4AE2AD

tetradic

#AD4AE2 #E2614A #7FE24A #4ACBE2

square

#AD4AE2 #E2614A #7FE24A #4ACBE2

split-complementary

#AD4AE2 #CBE24A #4AE261

monochromatic

#6C1999 #9221CE #AD4AE2 #C57FEA #DDB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#AD4AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#AD4AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD4AE2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD4AE2	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)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 74, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.227 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca84ec',
    500: '#ad4ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4ae2;
$custom-light: #ca84ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.079,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60573,
    "c": 0.22659,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4AE2

secondary

#BBE2A6

accent

#EF3978

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4AE2

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

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