#AD42D5#AD42D5

#AD42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.224 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42D5
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 64.75, -56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 85.66, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1592 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.224 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1901, 17.5859, 64.6893)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42D5 #6AD542

analogous

#6342D5 #AD42D5 #D542B4

triadic

#AD42D5 #D5AD42 #42D5AD

tetradic

#AD42D5 #D56342 #6AD542 #42B4D5

square

#AD42D5 #D56342 #6AD542 #42B4D5

split-complementary

#AD42D5 #B4D542 #42D563

monochromatic

#651C80 #8C28B2 #AD42D5 #C374E0 #D8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#AD42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AD42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42D5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42D5	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.224 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe3',
    500: '#ad42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42d5;
$custom-light: #c97fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.673,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58869,
    "c": 0.22418,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42D5

secondary

#ABD89A

accent

#E7416E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42D5

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

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