#AD42D2#AD42D2

#AD42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.221 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42D2
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 64.15, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 84.28, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1594 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.221 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8129, 17.4350, 62.7025)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42D2 #67D242

analogous

#6542D2 #AD42D2 #D242AF

triadic

#AD42D2 #D2AD42 #42D2AD

tetradic

#AD42D2 #D26542 #67D242 #42AFD2

square

#AD42D2 #D26542 #67D242 #42AFD2

split-complementary

#AD42D2 #AFD242 #42D265

monochromatic

#641E7C #8C29AD #AD42D2 #C273DE #D8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AD42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AD42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42D2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42D2	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4177CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.221 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe0',
    500: '#ad42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42d2;
$custom-light: #c97fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58676,
    "c": 0.22144,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42D2

secondary

#A9D799

accent

#E5436D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42D2

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

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