#AD40E1#AD40E1

#AD40E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.237 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD40E1
RGB	rgb(173, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 67.94, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 92.06, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1599 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.237 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6551, 17.9882, 72.9714)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD40E1 #74E140

analogous

#5D40E1 #AD40E1 #E140C5

triadic

#AD40E1 #E1AD40 #40E1AD

tetradic

#AD40E1 #E15D40 #74E140 #40C5E1

square

#AD40E1 #E15D40 #74E140 #40C5E1

split-complementary

#AD40E1 #C5E140 #40E15D

monochromatic

#691790 #8F1FC5 #AD40E1 #C475E9 #DAAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AD40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AD40E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD40E1

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD40E1	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D78DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7638D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.237 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7eeb',
    500: '#ad40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad40e1;
$custom-light: #ca7eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.621,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59465,
    "c": 0.23746,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD40E1

secondary

#B3DF9D

accent

#F03873

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD40E1

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

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