#AD51E5#AD51E5

#AD51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.221 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD51E5
RGB	rgb(173, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 61.57, -59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 85.84, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1419 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.221 310)
XYZ	xyz(34.3161, 20.4269, 76.2486)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD51E5 #89E551

analogous

#6351E5 #AD51E5 #E551D3

triadic

#AD51E5 #E5AD51 #51E5AD

tetradic

#AD51E5 #E56351 #89E551 #51D3E5

square

#AD51E5 #E56351 #89E551 #51D3E5

split-complementary

#AD51E5 #D3E551 #51E563

monochromatic

#6F18A3 #9320D8 #AD51E5 #C686ED #DFBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AD51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AD51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD51E5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD51E5	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.221 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ee',
    500: '#ad51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad51e5;
$custom-light: #ca88ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61574,
    "c": 0.22059,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.20426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD51E5

secondary

#C2E5AD

accent

#D60F5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD51E5

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

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