#AD42E0#AD42E0

#AD42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.234 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42E0
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 66.95, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 90.72, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1581 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.234 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6339, 18.1634, 72.2934)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42E0 #75E042

analogous

#5E42E0 #AD42E0 #E042C4

triadic

#AD42E0 #E0AD42 #42E0AD

tetradic

#AD42E0 #E05E42 #75E042 #42C4E0

square

#AD42E0 #E05E42 #75E042 #42C4E0

split-complementary

#AD42E0 #C4E042 #42E05E

monochromatic

#691890 #9020C5 #AD42E0 #C477E9 #DBABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#AD42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#AD42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD42E0

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD42E0	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3178DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.234 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fea',
    500: '#ad42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42e0;
$custom-light: #ca7fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.633,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59595,
    "c": 0.23429,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42E0

secondary

#B3DF9F

accent

#EF3974

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42E0

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

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