#AD38D3#AD38D3

#AD38D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.234 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38D3
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 68.17, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 89.06, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1691 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.234 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4038, 16.4170, 63.1826)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38D3 #5ED338

analogous

#5F38D3 #AD38D3 #D338AC

triadic

#AD38D3 #D3AD38 #38D3AD

tetradic

#AD38D3 #D35F38 #5ED338 #38ACD3

square

#AD38D3 #D35F38 #5ED338 #38ACD3

split-complementary

#AD38D3 #ACD338 #38D35F

monochromatic

#601A76 #8825A9 #AD38D3 #C26ADE #D69CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AD38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AD38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38D3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38D3	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3874D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.234 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae1',
    500: '#ad38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38d3;
$custom-light: #ca7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.29,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57779,
    "c": 0.23376,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38D3

secondary

#A2D592

accent

#E7416A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38D3

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

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