#AD42DB#AD42DB

#AD42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.230 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42DB
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 65.94, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 88.41, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1587 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.23 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9658, 17.8962, 68.7745)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42DB #70DB42

analogous

#6042DB #AD42DB #DB42BC

triadic

#AD42DB #DBAD42 #42DBAD

tetradic

#AD42DB #DB6042 #70DB42 #42BCDB

square

#AD42DB #DB6042 #70DB42 #42BCDB

split-complementary

#AD42DB #BCDB42 #42DB60

monochromatic

#671A89 #8E24BC #AD42DB #C375E5 #DAA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AD42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AD42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD42DB

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD42DB	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3878D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.230 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe7',
    500: '#ad42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42db;
$custom-light: #ca7fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.961,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.22969,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42DB

secondary

#B0DC9D

accent

#EB3D71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42DB

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

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