#AD48DD#AD48DD

#AD48DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.224 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD48DD
RGB	rgb(173, 72, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 63.87, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 86.54, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1523 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.224 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5998, 18.7404, 70.2926)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD48DD #78DD48

analogous

#6248DD #AD48DD #DD48C3

triadic

#AD48DD #DDAD48 #48DDAD

tetradic

#AD48DD #DD6248 #78DD48 #48C3DD

square

#AD48DD #DD6248 #78DD48 #48C3DD

split-complementary

#AD48DD #C3DD48 #48DD62

monochromatic

#6A1B90 #9024C3 #AD48DD #C47CE7 #DBAFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#AD48DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#AD48DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD48DD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD48DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD48DD	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad48dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 72, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.224 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e8',
    500: '#ad48dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad48dd;
$custom-light: #ca82e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad48dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.671,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60025,
    "c": 0.2243,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD48DD

secondary

#B6DEA2

accent

#EC3C75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD48DD

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

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