#AD38D4#AD38D4

#AD38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.235 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38D4
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 68.36, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 89.51, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.169 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.235 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5296, 16.4673, 63.8449)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38D4 #5FD438

analogous

#5F38D4 #AD38D4 #D438AD

triadic

#AD38D4 #D4AD38 #38D4AD

tetradic

#AD38D4 #D45F38 #5FD438 #38ADD4

square

#AD38D4 #D45F38 #5FD438 #38ADD4

split-complementary

#AD38D4 #ADD438 #38D45F

monochromatic

#601A78 #8925AA #AD38D4 #C26ADF #D69DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AD38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AD38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38D4

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38D4	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3674D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.235 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae2',
    500: '#ad38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38d4;
$custom-light: #ca7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57846,
    "c": 0.23462,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38D4

secondary

#A3D692

accent

#E7406A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38D4

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

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