#AD42D3#AD42D3

#AD42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.222 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42D3
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 64.35, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 84.74, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1594 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.222 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9378, 17.4850, 63.3606)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42D3 #68D342

analogous

#6542D3 #AD42D3 #D342B1

triadic

#AD42D3 #D3AD42 #42D3AD

tetradic

#AD42D3 #D36542 #68D342 #42B1D3

square

#AD42D3 #D36542 #68D342 #42B1D3

split-complementary

#AD42D3 #B1D342 #42D365

monochromatic

#641D7D #8C29AF #AD42D3 #C374DF #D8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AD42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AD42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42D3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42D3	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4077D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.222 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe1',
    500: '#ad42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42d3;
$custom-light: #c97fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.276,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5874,
    "c": 0.22236,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42D3

secondary

#AAD79A

accent

#E5426D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42D3

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

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