#AD51E2#AD51E2

#AD51E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.218 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD51E2
RGB	rgb(173, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 60.92, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 84.41, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1421 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.218 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9009, 20.2608, 74.0616)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD51E2 #86E251

analogous

#6451E2 #AD51E2 #E251CF

triadic

#AD51E2 #E2AD51 #51E2AD

tetradic

#AD51E2 #E26451 #86E251 #51CFE2

square

#AD51E2 #E26451 #86E251 #51CFE2

split-complementary

#AD51E2 #CFE251 #51E264

monochromatic

#6E1A9E #9323D3 #AD51E2 #C685EB #DEBAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AD51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AD51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD51E2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD51E2	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.218 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987ec',
    500: '#ad51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad51e2;
$custom-light: #c987ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.069,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61381,
    "c": 0.21758,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD51E2

secondary

#C0E3AC

accent

#D31259

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD51E2

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

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