#AD48CC#AD48CC

#AD48CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.208 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48CC
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 64.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 60.44, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 78.66, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1532 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.208 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4485, 17.8798, 58.9623)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48CC #67CC48

analogous

#6B48CC #AD48CC #CC48A9

triadic

#AD48CC #CCAD48 #48CCAD

tetradic

#AD48CC #CC6B48 #67CC48 #48A9CC

square

#AD48CC #CC6B48 #67CC48 #48A9CC

split-complementary

#AD48CC #A9CC48 #48CC6B

monochromatic

#642178 #8C2FA8 #AD48CC #C278D9 #D8A8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AD48CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AD48CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD48CC

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD48CC	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C78C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.208 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982dc',
    500: '#ad48cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48cc;
$custom-light: #c982dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58953,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48CC

secondary

#A9D49C

accent

#E0486C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48CC

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

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