#AD43E1#AD43E1

#AD43E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.234 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD43E1
RGB	rgb(173, 67, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 66.76, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 90.73, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.157 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.234 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8289, 18.3357, 73.0293)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD43E1 #77E143

analogous

#5E43E1 #AD43E1 #E143C6

triadic

#AD43E1 #E1AD43 #43E1AD

tetradic

#AD43E1 #E15E43 #77E143 #43C6E1

square

#AD43E1 #E15E43 #77E143 #43C6E1

split-complementary

#AD43E1 #C6E143 #43E15E

monochromatic

#6A1792 #9020C7 #AD43E1 #C478E9 #DBADF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#AD43E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#AD43E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD43E1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD43E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD43E1	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3179DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad43e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 67, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.234 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca80eb',
    500: '#ad43e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad43e1;
$custom-light: #ca80eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad43e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59763,
    "c": 0.23406,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD43E1

secondary

#B5E0A0

accent

#EF3975

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD43E1

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

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