#AD38D5#AD38D5

#AD38D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.235 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38D5
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 68.56, -58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 89.96, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1689 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.235 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6561, 16.5179, 64.5113)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38D5 #60D538

analogous

#5E38D5 #AD38D5 #D538AF

triadic

#AD38D5 #D5AD38 #38D5AD

tetradic

#AD38D5 #D55E38 #60D538 #38AFD5

square

#AD38D5 #D55E38 #60D538 #38AFD5

split-complementary

#AD38D5 #AFD538 #38D55E

monochromatic

#611A79 #8924AC #AD38D5 #C26BE0 #D79DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AD38D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AD38D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38D5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38D5	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3574D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.235 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae3',
    500: '#ad38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38d5;
$custom-light: #ca7ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.713,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57913,
    "c": 0.23549,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38D5

secondary

#A4D692

accent

#E8406B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38D5

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

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