#AD42C8#AD42C8

#AD42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.212 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42C8
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 62.21, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 79.74, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.16 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.212 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6057, 16.9521, 56.3450)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42C8 #5DC842

analogous

#6A42C8 #AD42C8 #C842A0

triadic

#AD42C8 #C8AD42 #42C8AD

tetradic

#AD42C8 #C86A42 #5DC842 #42A0C8

square

#AD42C8 #C86A42 #5DC842 #42A0C8

split-complementary

#AD42C8 #A0C842 #42C86A

monochromatic

#5F206F #882E9F #AD42C8 #C271D6 #D6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AD42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AD42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42C8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42C8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#096BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.212 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed9',
    500: '#ad42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42c8;
$custom-light: #c97ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.91,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58049,
    "c": 0.21237,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42C8

secondary

#A1D096

accent

#DE4A68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42C8

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

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