#AD48D2#AD48D2

#AD48D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.214 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48D2
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 61.63, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 81.43, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.153 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.214 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1820, 18.1732, 62.8255)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48D2 #6DD248

analogous

#6848D2 #AD48D2 #D248B2

triadic

#AD48D2 #D2AD48 #48D2AD

tetradic

#AD48D2 #D26848 #6DD248 #48B2D2

square

#AD48D2 #D26848 #6DD248 #48B2D2

split-complementary

#AD48D2 #B2D248 #48D268

monochromatic

#662080 #8D2CB1 #AD48D2 #C379DE #D9AAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#AD48D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#AD48D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48D2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48D2	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4779CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.214 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982e0',
    500: '#ad48d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48d2;
$custom-light: #c982e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.913,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59323,
    "c": 0.21387,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48D2

secondary

#AED89E

accent

#E4446F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48D2

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

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