#AD50E0#AD50E0

#AD50E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.217 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD50E0
RGB	rgb(173, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 60.96, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 83.97, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.1433 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.217 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5543, 20.0042, 72.6002)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD50E0 #83E050

analogous

#6550E0 #AD50E0 #E050CB

triadic

#AD50E0 #E0AD50 #50E0AD

tetradic

#AD50E0 #E06550 #83E050 #50CBE0

square

#AD50E0 #E06550 #83E050 #50CBE0

split-complementary

#AD50E0 #CBE050 #50E065

monochromatic

#6D1B9A #9225CE #AD50E0 #C584E9 #DEB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AD50E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AD50E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD50E0

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD50E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD50E0	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.217 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987ea',
    500: '#ad50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad50e0;
$custom-light: #c987ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61134,
    "c": 0.21692,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD50E0

secondary

#BEE2AA

accent

#ED3B7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD50E0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →