#AD46DD#AD46DD

#AD46DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.227 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD46DD
RGB	rgb(173, 70, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 64.71, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 87.49, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1544 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.227 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4726, 18.4860, 70.2502)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD46DD #76DD46

analogous

#6246DD #AD46DD #DD46C2

triadic

#AD46DD #DDAD46 #46DDAD

tetradic

#AD46DD #DD6246 #76DD46 #46C2DD

square

#AD46DD #DD6246 #76DD46 #46C2DD

split-complementary

#AD46DD #C2DD46 #46DD62

monochromatic

#691A8E #9024C2 #AD46DD #C47AE7 #DBADF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AD46DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AD46DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD46DD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD46DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD46DD	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad46dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 70, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.227 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81e8',
    500: '#ad46dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad46dd;
$custom-light: #ca81e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad46dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.927,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59809,
    "c": 0.22676,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD46DD

secondary

#B4DEA1

accent

#EC3C74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD46DD

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

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