#AD42E2#AD42E2

#AD42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.236 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42E2
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 67.36, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 91.64, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1579 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.236 312)
XYZ	xyz(32.9067, 18.2725, 73.7303)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42E2 #77E242

analogous

#5D42E2 #AD42E2 #E242C7

triadic

#AD42E2 #E2AD42 #42E2AD

tetradic

#AD42E2 #E25D42 #77E242 #42C7E2

square

#AD42E2 #E25D42 #77E242 #42C7E2

split-complementary

#AD42E2 #C7E242 #42E25D

monochromatic

#6A1793 #901FC8 #AD42E2 #C477EA #DBACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AD42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#AD42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD42E2

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD42E2	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E79DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.236 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fec',
    500: '#ad42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42e2;
$custom-light: #ca7fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5973,
    "c": 0.23613,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.18272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42E2

secondary

#B5E09F

accent

#F03875

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42E2

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

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