#AD50E6#AD50E6

#AD50E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.223 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD50E6
RGB	rgb(173, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 62.23, -60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 86.83, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.143 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.223 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3824, 20.3354, 76.9615)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD50E6 #89E650

analogous

#6250E6 #AD50E6 #E650D4

triadic

#AD50E6 #E6AD50 #50E6AD

tetradic

#AD50E6 #E66250 #89E650 #50D4E6

square

#AD50E6 #E66250 #89E650 #50D4E6

split-complementary

#AD50E6 #D4E650 #50E662

monochromatic

#6F17A4 #931FDA #AD50E6 #C686EE #DFBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#AD50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#AD50E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD50E6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD50E6	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.223 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ef',
    500: '#ad50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad50e6;
$custom-light: #ca87ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.22289,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD50E6

secondary

#C2E5AC

accent

#D70E5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD50E6

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

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