#AD42CB#AD42CB

#AD42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.215 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42CB
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 62.79, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 81.10, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1598 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.215 318)
XYZ	xyz(29.9598, 17.0938, 58.2096)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42CB #60CB42

analogous

#6842CB #AD42CB #CB42A5

triadic

#AD42CB #CBAD42 #42CBAD

tetradic

#AD42CB #CB6842 #60CB42 #42A5CB

square

#AD42CB #CB6842 #60CB42 #42A5CB

split-complementary

#AD42CB #A5CB42 #42CB68

monochromatic

#612073 #892DA3 #AD42CB #C272D8 #D7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AD42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AD42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42CB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42CB	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4876C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.215 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fdb',
    500: '#ad42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42cb;
$custom-light: #c97fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.861,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.21507,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.17092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42CB

secondary

#A4D297

accent

#E04869

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42CB

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

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