#AD4AD8#AD4AD8

#AD4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.217 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4AD8
RGB	rgb(173, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 61.98, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 83.23, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.1505 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.217 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0749, 18.7407, 66.8801)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4AD8 #75D84A

analogous

#664AD8 #AD4AD8 #D84ABC

triadic

#AD4AD8 #D8AD4A #4AD8AD

tetradic

#AD4AD8 #D8664A #75D84A #4ABCD8

square

#AD4AD8 #D8664A #75D84A #4ABCD8

split-complementary

#AD4AD8 #BCD84A #4AD866

monochromatic

#691E8A #9029BC #AD4AD8 #C47CE3 #DBAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#AD4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#AD4AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD4AD8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD4AD8	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)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.217 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983e5',
    500: '#ad4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4ad8;
$custom-light: #c983e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.831,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59926,
    "c": 0.21698,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4AD8

secondary

#B3DCA2

accent

#E84073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4AD8

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

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