#AD51DB#AD51DB

#AD51DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.211 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD51DB
RGB	rgb(173, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 59.44, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 81.08, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1424 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.211 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9599, 19.8845, 69.1059)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD51DB #7FDB51

analogous

#6851DB #AD51DB #DB51C4

triadic

#AD51DB #DBAD51 #51DBAD

tetradic

#AD51DB #DB6851 #7FDB51 #51C4DB

square

#AD51DB #DB6851 #7FDB51 #51C4DB

split-complementary

#AD51DB #C4DB51 #51DB68

monochromatic

#6C1E93 #9229C6 #AD51DB #C584E5 #DDB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AD51DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#AD51DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD51DB

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD51DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD51DB	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1077DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad51db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.211 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987e7',
    500: '#ad51db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad51db;
$custom-light: #c987e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad51db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60939,
    "c": 0.21059,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD51DB

secondary

#BBDFA9

accent

#E93F78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD51DB

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

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