#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
RGBrgb(173, 66, 213)
HSLhsl(284, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(18.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(48.99, 64.75, -56.08)
CIE-LCHlch(48.99, 85.66, 319.10°)
OKLaboklab(58.87% 0.1592 -0.1578)
OKLCHoklch(58.87% 0.224 315.2)
XYZxyz(31.1901, 17.5859, 64.6893)
Luminance0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##AD42D51.004.654.524.65
#FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00
#0000004.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00

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

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#AD42D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva