#AD48D3#AD48D3

#AD48D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.215 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48D3
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 65.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 61.83, -53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 81.89, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1529 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.215 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3069, 18.2232, 63.4837)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48D3 #6ED348

analogous

#6748D3 #AD48D3 #D348B3

triadic

#AD48D3 #D3AD48 #48D3AD

tetradic

#AD48D3 #D36748 #6ED348 #48B3D3

square

#AD48D3 #D36748 #6ED348 #48B3D3

split-complementary

#AD48D3 #B3D348 #48D367

monochromatic

#671F81 #8E2BB3 #AD48D3 #C379DF #D9ABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AD48D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#AD48D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48D3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48D3	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4679D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.215 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982e1',
    500: '#ad48d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48d3;
$custom-light: #c982e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.597,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59386,
    "c": 0.21482,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48D3

secondary

#AED89E

accent

#E4436F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48D3

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

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