#AD42E4#AD42E4

#AD42E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.238 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD42E4
RGB	rgb(173, 66, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 67.77, -63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 92.57, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1576 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.238 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1828, 18.3829, 75.1840)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD42E4 #79E442

analogous

#5C42E4 #AD42E4 #E442CA

triadic

#AD42E4 #E4AD42 #42E4AD

tetradic

#AD42E4 #E45C42 #79E442 #42CAE4

square

#AD42E4 #E45C42 #79E442 #42CAE4

split-complementary

#AD42E4 #CAE442 #42E45C

monochromatic

#6A1596 #901DCC #AD42E4 #C478EC #DBADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AD42E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AD42E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD42E4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD42E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD42E4	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A79E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6668F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad42e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 66, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.238 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fed',
    500: '#ad42e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad42e4;
$custom-light: #ca7fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad42e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.63,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59866,
    "c": 0.23797,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD42E4

secondary

#B6E2A0

accent

#F23676

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD42E4

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

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