#AD42B7#AD42B7

#AD42B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.197 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42B7
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(295, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 59.04, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 72.19, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.16 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.197 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7283, 16.2012, 46.4572)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42B7 #4CB742

analogous

#7342B7 #AD42B7 #B74287

triadic

#AD42B7 #B7AD42 #42B7AD

tetradic

#AD42B7 #B77342 #4CB742 #4287B7

square

#AD42B7 #B77342 #4CB742 #4287B7

split-complementary

#AD42B7 #87B742 #42B773

monochromatic

#58225D #82328A #AD42B7 #C26CCA #D599DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#AD42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AD42B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42B7

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42B7	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B68BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5674B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.197 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ecd',
    500: '#ad42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42b7;
$custom-light: #c97ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.872,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57045,
    "c": 0.19725,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42B7

secondary

#93C68F

accent

#D7515D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42B7

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

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