#AD42BE#AD42BE

#AD42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.203 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42BE
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 60.32, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 75.26, 323.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1601 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.203 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4751, 16.4999, 50.3901)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42BE #53BE42

analogous

#6F42BE #AD42BE #BE4291

triadic

#AD42BE #BEAD42 #42BEAD

tetradic

#AD42BE #BE6F42 #53BE42 #4291BE

square

#AD42BE #BE6F42 #53BE42 #4291BE

split-complementary

#AD42BE #91BE42 #42BE6F

monochromatic

#5A2263 #843291 #AD42BE #C170CE #D59DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AD42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AD42BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42BE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42BE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2169C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5175BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.203 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed2',
    500: '#ad42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42be;
$custom-light: #c97ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.774,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57449,
    "c": 0.20341,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42BE

secondary

#9ACA92

accent

#D84F62

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42BE

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

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