#AD50E5#AD50E5

#AD50E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.222 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD50E5
RGB	rgb(173, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 62.02, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 86.35, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.143 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.222 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2424, 20.2794, 76.2240)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD50E5 #88E550

analogous

#6350E5 #AD50E5 #E550D2

triadic

#AD50E5 #E5AD50 #50E5AD

tetradic

#AD50E5 #E56350 #88E550 #50D2E5

square

#AD50E5 #E56350 #88E550 #50D2E5

split-complementary

#AD50E5 #D2E550 #50E563

monochromatic

#6E18A2 #9320D8 #AD50E5 #C685ED #DFBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AD50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AD50E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD50E5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD50E5	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.222 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ee',
    500: '#ad50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad50e5;
$custom-light: #ca87ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.45,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61456,
    "c": 0.22189,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD50E5

secondary

#C1E5AC

accent

#D60F5A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD50E5

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

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