#AD4DE5#AD4DE5

#AD4DE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.226 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4DE5
RGB	rgb(173, 77, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 63.36, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 87.86, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1463 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.226 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0276, 19.8499, 76.1524)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4DE5 #85E54D

analogous

#614DE5 #AD4DE5 #E54DD1

triadic

#AD4DE5 #E5AD4D #4DE5AD

tetradic

#AD4DE5 #E5614D #85E54D #4DD1E5

square

#AD4DE5 #E5614D #85E54D #4DD1E5

split-complementary

#AD4DE5 #D1E54D #4DE561

monochromatic

#6E17A0 #921FD6 #AD4DE5 #C682ED #DEB8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AD4DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AD4DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD4DE5

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD4DE5	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 77, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.226 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca85ee',
    500: '#ad4de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4de5;
$custom-light: #ca85ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61107,
    "c": 0.22574,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4DE5

secondary

#BFE4AA

accent

#F1377B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4DE5

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

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