#AD4ADE#AD4ADE

#AD4ADE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.223 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4ADE
RGB	rgb(173, 74, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 63.21, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 86.04, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1501 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.223 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8648, 19.0566, 71.0401)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4ADE #7BDE4A

analogous

#634ADE #AD4ADE #DE4AC5

triadic

#AD4ADE #DEAD4A #4ADEAD

tetradic

#AD4ADE #DE634A #7BDE4A #4AC5DE

square

#AD4ADE #DE634A #7BDE4A #4AC5DE

split-complementary

#AD4ADE #C5DE4A #4ADE63

monochromatic

#6B1B93 #9124C7 #AD4ADE #C47EE7 #DCB2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AD4ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AD4ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD4ADE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD4ADE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 74, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.223 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983e9',
    500: '#ad4ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4ade;
$custom-light: #c983e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.135,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60311,
    "c": 0.22274,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4ADE

secondary

#B8DFA4

accent

#EC3C76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4ADE

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

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