#AD40DC#AD40DC

#AD40DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.233 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD40DC
RGB	rgb(173, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 66.94, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 89.77, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1605 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.233 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9830, 17.7193, 69.4317)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD40DC #6FDC40

analogous

#5F40DC #AD40DC #DC40BD

triadic

#AD40DC #DCAD40 #40DCAD

tetradic

#AD40DC #DC5F40 #6FDC40 #40BDDC

square

#AD40DC #DC5F40 #6FDC40 #40BDDC

split-complementary

#AD40DC #BDDC40 #40DC5F

monochromatic

#671989 #8E23BC #AD40DC #C374E5 #D9A7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#AD40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#AD40DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD40DC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD40DC	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3477D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.233 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee8',
    500: '#ad40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad40dc;
$custom-light: #ca7ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.923,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59128,
    "c": 0.23291,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD40DC

secondary

#AFDC9B

accent

#EC3C71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD40DC

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

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