#AD48D8#AD48D8

#AD48D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.220 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48D8
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 62.84, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 84.21, 318.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1526 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.22 314)
XYZ	xyz(31.9435, 18.4779, 66.8363)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48D8 #73D848

analogous

#6548D8 #AD48D8 #D848BB

triadic

#AD48D8 #D8AD48 #48D8AD

tetradic

#AD48D8 #D86548 #73D848 #48BBD8

square

#AD48D8 #D86548 #73D848 #48BBD8

split-complementary

#AD48D8 #BBD848 #48D865

monochromatic

#681D89 #8F28BB #AD48D8 #C47AE3 #DAADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AD48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AD48D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48D8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48D8	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9658A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.220 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982e5',
    500: '#ad48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48d8;
$custom-light: #c982e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59702,
    "c": 0.21955,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.18477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48D8

secondary

#B2DBA0

accent

#E84072

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48D8

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

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