#AD42DF#AD42DF

#AD42DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.233 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42DF
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 66.75, -60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 90.26, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1582 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.233 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4987, 18.1093, 71.5812)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42DF #74DF42

analogous

#5F42DF #AD42DF #DF42C2

triadic

#AD42DF #DFAD42 #42DFAD

tetradic

#AD42DF #DF5F42 #74DF42 #42C2DF

square

#AD42DF #DF5F42 #74DF42 #42C2DF

split-complementary

#AD42DF #C2DF42 #42DF5F

monochromatic

#69188E #8F21C3 #AD42DF #C476E8 #DAABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#AD42DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#AD42DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD42DF

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD42DF	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3278DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.233 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fea',
    500: '#ad42df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42df;
$custom-light: #ca7fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.892,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59528,
    "c": 0.23337,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42DF

secondary

#B3DF9E

accent

#EE3A73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42DF

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

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