#AD38D2#AD38D2

#AD38D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.233 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38D2
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 67.98, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 88.61, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1693 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.233 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2788, 16.3670, 62.5245)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38D2 #5DD238

analogous

#6038D2 #AD38D2 #D238AA

triadic

#AD38D2 #D2AD38 #38D2AD

tetradic

#AD38D2 #D26038 #5DD238 #38AAD2

square

#AD38D2 #D26038 #5DD238 #38AAD2

split-complementary

#AD38D2 #AAD238 #38D260

monochromatic

#5F1A75 #8826A7 #AD38D2 #C26ADD #D69CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AD38D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AD38D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38D2

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38D2	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3974CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.233 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae1',
    500: '#ad38d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38d2;
$custom-light: #ca7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.584,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57713,
    "c": 0.23289,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38D2

secondary

#A1D591

accent

#E64269

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38D2

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

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