#AD48C8#AD48C8

#AD48C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.204 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48C8
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 64%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 59.65, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 76.83, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1532 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.204 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9749, 17.6904, 56.4680)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48C8 #63C848

analogous

#6D48C8 #AD48C8 #C848A3

triadic

#AD48C8 #C8AD48 #48C8AD

tetradic

#AD48C8 #C86D48 #63C848 #48A3C8

square

#AD48C8 #C86D48 #63C848 #48A3C8

split-complementary

#AD48C8 #A3C848 #48C86D

monochromatic

#622373 #8A31A2 #AD48C8 #C277D6 #D7A6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AD48C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#AD48C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD48C8

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD48C8	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.204 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982d9',
    500: '#ad48c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48c8;
$custom-light: #c982d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.344,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58711,
    "c": 0.20449,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48C8

secondary

#A6D19A

accent

#DD4B6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48C8

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

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