#AD42CE#AD42CE

#AD42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.218 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42CE
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 63.37, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 82.46, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1597 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.218 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3207, 17.2381, 60.1107)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42CE #63CE42

analogous

#6742CE #AD42CE #CE42A9

triadic

#AD42CE #CEAD42 #42CEAD

tetradic

#AD42CE #CE6742 #63CE42 #42A9CE

square

#AD42CE #CE6742 #63CE42 #42A9CE

split-complementary

#AD42CE #A9CE42 #42CE67

monochromatic

#621F77 #8A2BA7 #AD42CE #C273DB #D7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AD42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AD42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42CE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42CE	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4577CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.218 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fde',
    500: '#ad42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42ce;
$custom-light: #c97fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58422,
    "c": 0.2178,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42CE

secondary

#A6D498

accent

#E2466B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42CE

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

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