#AD42D8#AD42D8

#AD42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.227 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42D8
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 65.34, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 87.04, 318.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1589 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.227 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5744, 17.7396, 66.7133)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42D8 #6DD842

analogous

#6242D8 #AD42D8 #D842B8

triadic

#AD42D8 #D8AD42 #42D8AD

tetradic

#AD42D8 #D86242 #6DD842 #42B8D8

square

#AD42D8 #D86242 #6DD842 #42B8D8

split-complementary

#AD42D8 #B8D842 #42D862

monochromatic

#661B84 #8D26B7 #AD42D8 #C375E2 #D9A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#AD42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#AD42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42D8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42D8	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.227 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe5',
    500: '#ad42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42d8;
$custom-light: #ca7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59064,
    "c": 0.22693,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42D8

secondary

#AEDA9C

accent

#E93F70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42D8

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

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