#AD42B9#AD42B9

#AD42B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.199 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42B9
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(294, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 59.40, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 73.06, 324.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1601 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.199 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9379, 16.2850, 47.5613)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42B9 #4EB942

analogous

#7242B9 #AD42B9 #B94289

triadic

#AD42B9 #B9AD42 #42B9AD

tetradic

#AD42B9 #B97242 #4EB942 #4289B9

square

#AD42B9 #B97242 #4EB942 #4289B9

split-complementary

#AD42B9 #89B942 #42B972

monochromatic

#59225F #83328C #AD42B9 #C26DCB #D59ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AD42B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AD42B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42B9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42B9	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2868BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.199 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ece',
    500: '#ad42b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42b9;
$custom-light: #c97ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.95,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57159,
    "c": 0.199,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42B9

secondary

#95C790

accent

#D7515E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42B9

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

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