#AD38B4#AD38B4

#AD38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.207 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38B4
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 62.50, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 75.47, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.171 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.207 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8854, 15.0096, 44.6522)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38B4 #3FB438

analogous

#6F38B4 #AD38B4 #B4387D

triadic

#AD38B4 #B4AD38 #38B4AD

tetradic

#AD38B4 #B46F38 #3FB438 #387DB4

square

#AD38B4 #B46F38 #3FB438 #387DB4

split-complementary

#AD38B4 #7DB438 #38B46F

monochromatic

#531B57 #802985 #AD38B4 #C65DCD #D78BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#AD38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AD38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38B4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38B4	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C63B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5271B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.207 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c979cb',
    500: '#ad38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38b4;
$custom-light: #c979cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55846,
    "c": 0.20749,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38B4

secondary

#86C582

accent

#DC4C54

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38B4

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

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