#AD49D8#AD49D8

#AD49D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.218 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD49D8
RGB	rgb(173, 73, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 62.41, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 83.73, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1516 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.218 314)
XYZ	xyz(32.0087, 18.6082, 66.8580)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD49D8 #74D849

analogous

#6649D8 #AD49D8 #D849BC

triadic

#AD49D8 #D8AD49 #49D8AD

tetradic

#AD49D8 #D86649 #74D849 #49BCD8

square

#AD49D8 #D86649 #74D849 #49BCD8

split-complementary

#AD49D8 #BCD849 #49D866

monochromatic

#691D89 #8F28BC #AD49D8 #C47BE3 #DAAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AD49D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AD49D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD49D8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD49D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD49D8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad49d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 73, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.218 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983e5',
    500: '#ad49d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad49d8;
$custom-light: #c983e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad49d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.958,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59814,
    "c": 0.21827,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.18607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD49D8

secondary

#B3DCA1

accent

#E84073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD49D8

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

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