#AD6AE9#AD6AE9

#AD6AE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.189 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6AE9
RGB	rgb(173, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 50.09, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 73.89, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1119 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.189 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0925, 25.0758, 79.9610)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6AE9 #A6E96A

analogous

#6E6AE9 #AD6AE9 #E96AE5

triadic

#AD6AE9 #E9AD6A #6AE9AD

tetradic

#AD6AE9 #E96E6A #A6E96A #6AE5E9

square

#AD6AE9 #E96E6A #A6E96A #6AE5E9

split-complementary

#AD6AE9 #E5E96A #6AE96E

monochromatic

#711CBD #9035E1 #AD6AE9 #CA9FF1 #E8D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AD6AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AD6AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6AE9

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6AE9	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E87ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A382A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.189 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c997f1',
    500: '#ad6ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6ae9;
$custom-light: #c997f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.654,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.18944,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6AE9

secondary

#D6ECC3

accent

#D60F6D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6AE9

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

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