#AD42C7#AD42C7

#AD42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.211 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42C7
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 62.02, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 79.29, 321.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.16 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.211 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4893, 16.9055, 55.7315)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42C7 #5CC742

analogous

#6B42C7 #AD42C7 #C7429E

triadic

#AD42C7 #C7AD42 #42C7AD

tetradic

#AD42C7 #C76B42 #5CC742 #429EC7

square

#AD42C7 #C76B42 #5CC742 #429EC7

split-complementary

#AD42C7 #9EC742 #42C76B

monochromatic

#5F216E #882F9D #AD42C7 #C171D5 #D6A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AD42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AD42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42C7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42C7	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B76C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.211 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed9',
    500: '#ad42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42c7;
$custom-light: #c97ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.271,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57988,
    "c": 0.21146,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42C7

secondary

#A1D095

accent

#DE4A67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42C7

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

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