#AD38CA#AD38CA

#AD38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.226 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38CA
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 66.47, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 85.04, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1701 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.226 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3070, 15.9782, 57.4060)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38CA #55CA38

analogous

#6438CA #AD38CA #CA389E

triadic

#AD38CA #CAAD38 #38CAAD

tetradic

#AD38CA #CA6438 #55CA38 #389ECA

square

#AD38CA #CA6438 #55CA38 #389ECA

split-complementary

#AD38CA #9ECA38 #38CA64

monochromatic

#5B1D6B #85299B #AD38CA #C168D7 #D599E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AD38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AD38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38CA

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38CA	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4173C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.226 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97adb',
    500: '#ad38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38ca;
$custom-light: #c97adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.082,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.22601,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38CA

secondary

#9BCF8E

accent

#E14765

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38CA

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

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