#AD40C2#AD40C2

#AD40C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.210 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD40C2
RGB	rgb(173, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 61.90, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 77.98, 322.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1623 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.21 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8034, 16.4475, 52.6860)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD40C2 #55C240

analogous

#6C40C2 #AD40C2 #C24096

triadic

#AD40C2 #C2AD40 #40C2AD

tetradic

#AD40C2 #C26C40 #55C240 #4096C2

square

#AD40C2 #C26C40 #55C240 #4096C2

split-complementary

#AD40C2 #96C240 #40C26C

monochromatic

#5B2167 #853095 #AD40C2 #C16ED1 #D59DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AD40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AD40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD40C2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD40C2	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1469C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D75BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.210 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97dd5',
    500: '#ad40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad40c2;
$custom-light: #c97dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.308,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57474,
    "c": 0.20955,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD40C2

secondary

#9BCC92

accent

#DB4D64

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD40C2

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

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