#AD28E2#AD28E2

#AD28E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.261 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD28E2
RGB	rgb(173, 40, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 82.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 75.97, -66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 101.28, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1789 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.261 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7174, 15.8939, 73.3338)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD28E2 #5DE228

analogous

#5028E2 #AD28E2 #E228BA

triadic

#AD28E2 #E2AD28 #28E2AD

tetradic

#AD28E2 #E25028 #5DE228 #28BAE2

square

#AD28E2 #E25028 #5DE228 #28BAE2

split-complementary

#AD28E2 #BAE228 #28E250

monochromatic

#5F117F #8818B4 #AD28E2 #C25EE9 #D694F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AD28E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AD28E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD28E2

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD28E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD28E2	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad28e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 40, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.261 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb74ec',
    500: '#ad28e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad28e2;
$custom-light: #cb74ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad28e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.903,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57624,
    "c": 0.2607,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD28E2

secondary

#A1DC8A

accent

#F3356B

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140916

muted

#837B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD28E2

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

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