#AD40C5#AD40C5

#AD40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.212 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD40C5
RGB	rgb(173, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 62.46, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 79.32, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1622 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.212 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1438, 16.5837, 54.4783)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD40C5 #58C540

analogous

#6A40C5 #AD40C5 #C5409A

triadic

#AD40C5 #C5AD40 #40C5AD

tetradic

#AD40C5 #C56A40 #58C540 #409AC5

square

#AD40C5 #C56A40 #58C540 #409AC5

split-complementary

#AD40C5 #9AC540 #40C56A

monochromatic

#5D206A #862F99 #AD40C5 #C16FD3 #D59EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AD40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AD40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD40C5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD40C5	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B75C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.212 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97dd7',
    500: '#ad40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad40c5;
$custom-light: #c97dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.173,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57656,
    "c": 0.2122,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD40C5

secondary

#9ECE93

accent

#DD4B65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD40C5

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

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