#AD40D7#AD40D7

#AD40D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.228 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD40D7
RGB	rgb(173, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 65.94, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 87.48, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1611 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.228 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3307, 17.4584, 65.9962)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD40D7 #6AD740

analogous

#6140D7 #AD40D7 #D740B6

triadic

#AD40D7 #D7AD40 #40D7AD

tetradic

#AD40D7 #D76140 #6AD740 #40B6D7

square

#AD40D7 #D76140 #6AD740 #40B6D7

split-complementary

#AD40D7 #B6D740 #40D761

monochromatic

#651B81 #8C26B4 #AD40D7 #C373E2 #D8A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AD40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AD40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD40D7

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD40D7	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A77D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.228 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee4',
    500: '#ad40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad40d7;
$custom-light: #ca7ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.311,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58797,
    "c": 0.22838,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD40D7

secondary

#ABD99A

accent

#E83F6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD40D7

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

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