#AD38B6#AD38B6

#AD38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.209 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38B6
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 62.85, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 76.32, 325.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.171 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.209 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0906, 15.0917, 45.7330)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38B6 #41B638

analogous

#6E38B6 #AD38B6 #B63880

triadic

#AD38B6 #B6AD38 #38B6AD

tetradic

#AD38B6 #B66E38 #41B638 #3880B6

square

#AD38B6 #B66E38 #41B638 #3880B6

split-complementary

#AD38B6 #80B638 #38B66E

monochromatic

#541B58 #812A87 #AD38B6 #C55ECD #D68DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#AD38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#AD38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38B6

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38B6	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1963BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5071B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.209 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c979cc',
    500: '#ad38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38b6;
$custom-light: #c979cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55963,
    "c": 0.20913,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38B6

secondary

#88C684

accent

#DC4B56

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38B6

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

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