#AD38B9#AD38B9

#AD38B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.212 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38B9
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(294, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 63.38, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 77.60, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.171 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.212 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4039, 15.2170, 47.3833)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38B9 #44B938

analogous

#6D38B9 #AD38B9 #B93884

triadic

#AD38B9 #B9AD38 #38B9AD

tetradic

#AD38B9 #B96D38 #44B938 #3884B9

square

#AD38B9 #B96D38 #44B938 #3884B9

split-complementary

#AD38B9 #84B938 #38B96D

monochromatic

#551C5B #812A8A #AD38B9 #C45FCF #D68EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#AD38B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#AD38B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38B9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38B9	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1264BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E71B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.212 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c979ce',
    500: '#ad38b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38b9;
$custom-light: #c979ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.419,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5614,
    "c": 0.21162,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38B9

secondary

#8BC885

accent

#DD4B58

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38B9

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

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