#AD51E8#AD51E8

#AD51E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.224 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD51E8
RGB	rgb(173, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 62.21, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 87.27, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1417 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.224 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7386, 20.5959, 78.4737)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD51E8 #8CE851

analogous

#6251E8 #AD51E8 #E851D8

triadic

#AD51E8 #E8AD51 #51E8AD

tetradic

#AD51E8 #E86251 #8CE851 #51D8E8

square

#AD51E8 #E86251 #8CE851 #51D8E8

split-complementary

#AD51E8 #D8E851 #51E862

monochromatic

#6F16A8 #931DDE #AD51E8 #C687EF #E0BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#AD51E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#AD51E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD51E8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD51E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD51E8	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad51e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.224 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88f0',
    500: '#ad51e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad51e8;
$custom-light: #ca88f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad51e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.556,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61769,
    "c": 0.22359,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD51E8

secondary

#C4E7AE

accent

#D90D5C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD51E8

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

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