#AD38E0#AD38E0

#AD38E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.245 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD38E0
RGB	rgb(173, 56, 224)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 75%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 70.70, -63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 94.92, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1673 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.245 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0999, 17.0954, 72.1154)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD38E0 #6BE038

analogous

#5938E0 #AD38E0 #E038BF

triadic

#AD38E0 #E0AD38 #38E0AD

tetradic

#AD38E0 #E05938 #6BE038 #38BFE0

square

#AD38E0 #E05938 #6BE038 #38BFE0

split-complementary

#AD38E0 #BFE038 #38E059

monochromatic

#651588 #8D1DBD #AD38E0 #C36DE8 #D9A2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AD38E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AD38E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD38E0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD38E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD38E0	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2475DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad38e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 56, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.245 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7beb',
    500: '#ad38e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad38e0;
$custom-light: #ca7beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad38e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.786,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58664,
    "c": 0.24506,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD38E0

secondary

#ACDD97

accent

#F03870

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD38E0

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

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