#AD4EDD#AD4EDD

#AD4EDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.217 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4EDD
RGB	rgb(173, 78, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 61.23, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 83.57, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1457 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.217 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0068, 19.5543, 70.4282)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4EDD #7EDD4E

analogous

#654EDD #AD4EDD #DD4EC6

triadic

#AD4EDD #DDAD4E #4EDDAD

tetradic

#AD4EDD #DD654E #7EDD4E #4EC6DD

square

#AD4EDD #DD654E #7EDD4E #4EC6DD

split-complementary

#AD4EDD #C6DD4E #4EDD65

monochromatic

#6C1C94 #9126C7 #AD4EDD #C581E7 #DDB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#AD4EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#AD4EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD4EDD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD4EDD	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 78, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.217 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c986e8',
    500: '#ad4edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4edd;
$custom-light: #c986e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.86,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60706,
    "c": 0.2166,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4EDD

secondary

#BAE0A7

accent

#EB3D77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4EDD

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

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