#AD49DD#AD49DD

#AD49DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.223 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD49DD
RGB	rgb(173, 73, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 67%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 63.44, -58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 86.06, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1512 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.223 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6649, 18.8707, 70.3143)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD49DD #79DD49

analogous

#6349DD #AD49DD #DD49C3

triadic

#AD49DD #DDAD49 #49DDAD

tetradic

#AD49DD #DD6349 #79DD49 #49C3DD

square

#AD49DD #DD6349 #79DD49 #49C3DD

split-complementary

#AD49DD #C3DD49 #49DD63

monochromatic

#6A1B91 #9025C4 #AD49DD #C47DE7 #DBB0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#AD49DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#AD49DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD49DD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD49DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD49DD	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad49dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 73, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.223 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983e8',
    500: '#ad49dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad49dd;
$custom-light: #c983e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad49dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60135,
    "c": 0.22304,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD49DD

secondary

#B6DFA3

accent

#EB3C75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD49DD

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

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