#AD42D7#AD42D7

#AD42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.226 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42D7
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 65.14, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 86.58, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.159 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.226 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4455, 17.6880, 66.0345)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42D7 #6CD742

analogous

#6242D7 #AD42D7 #D742B7

triadic

#AD42D7 #D7AD42 #42D7AD

tetradic

#AD42D7 #D76242 #6CD742 #42B7D7

square

#AD42D7 #D76242 #6CD742 #42B7D7

split-complementary

#AD42D7 #B7D742 #42D762

monochromatic

#661C83 #8D26B5 #AD42D7 #C375E2 #D9A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AD42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#AD42D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42D7

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42D7	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C77D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.226 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe4',
    500: '#ad42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42d7;
$custom-light: #ca7fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.087,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58999,
    "c": 0.22602,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42D7

secondary

#ADDA9B

accent

#E8406F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42D7

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

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