#AD48D9#AD48D9

#AD48D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.220 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48D9
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 63.05, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 84.68, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1526 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.22 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0732, 18.5297, 67.5193)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48D9 #74D948

analogous

#6548D9 #AD48D9 #D948BD

triadic

#AD48D9 #D9AD48 #48D9AD

tetradic

#AD48D9 #D96548 #74D948 #48BDD9

square

#AD48D9 #D96548 #74D948 #48BDD9

split-complementary

#AD48D9 #BDD948 #48D965

monochromatic

#691D8A #8F27BD #AD48D9 #C47BE4 #DAADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AD48D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AD48D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48D9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48D9	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.220 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982e5',
    500: '#ad48d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48d9;
$custom-light: #c982e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.793,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59766,
    "c": 0.22049,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48D9

secondary

#B3DCA1

accent

#E93F73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48D9

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

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