#AD40D5#AD40D5

#AD40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.227 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD40D5
RGB	rgb(173, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 65.55, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 86.56, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1612 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.227 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0753, 17.3563, 64.6511)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD40D5 #68D540

analogous

#6340D5 #AD40D5 #D540B2

triadic

#AD40D5 #D5AD40 #40D5AD

tetradic

#AD40D5 #D56340 #68D540 #40B2D5

square

#AD40D5 #D56340 #68D540 #40B2D5

split-complementary

#AD40D5 #B2D540 #40D563

monochromatic

#641C7F #8C27B1 #AD40D5 #C372E0 #D8A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#AD40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#AD40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD40D5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD40D5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.227 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee3',
    500: '#ad40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad40d5;
$custom-light: #ca7ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.893,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58666,
    "c": 0.22656,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD40D5

secondary

#AAD899

accent

#E7416D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD40D5

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

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