#AD48CE#AD48CE

#AD48CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.210 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48CE
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 65%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 60.83, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 79.58, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1531 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.21 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6899, 17.9764, 60.2337)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48CE #69CE48

analogous

#6A48CE #AD48CE #CE48AC

triadic

#AD48CE #CEAD48 #48CEAD

tetradic

#AD48CE #CE6A48 #69CE48 #48ACCE

square

#AD48CE #CE6A48 #69CE48 #48ACCE

split-complementary

#AD48CE #ACCE48 #48CE6A

monochromatic

#65217B #8C2EAB #AD48CE #C378DB #D8A9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AD48CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AD48CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48CE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48CE	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)

#116FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.210 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982de',
    500: '#ad48ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48ce;
$custom-light: #c982de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.224,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59075,
    "c": 0.21011,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48CE

secondary

#ABD59D

accent

#E1476D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48CE

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

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