#AD38D9#AD38D9

#AD38D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.239 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38D9
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 69.33, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 91.76, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1684 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.239 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1701, 16.7235, 67.2182)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38D9 #64D938

analogous

#5C38D9 #AD38D9 #D938B5

triadic

#AD38D9 #D9AD38 #38D9AD

tetradic

#AD38D9 #D95C38 #64D938 #38B5D9

square

#AD38D9 #D95C38 #64D938 #38B5D9

split-complementary

#AD38D9 #B5D938 #38D95C

monochromatic

#62187E #8B22B2 #AD38D9 #C26BE3 #D79FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AD38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AD38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38D9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38D9	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3075D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.239 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae6',
    500: '#ad38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38d9;
$custom-light: #ca7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.602,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58182,
    "c": 0.23896,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38D9

secondary

#A7D994

accent

#EB3D6C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38D9

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

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