#AA36B3#AA36B3

#AA36B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.208 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36B3
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 62.39, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 75.77, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1697 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.208 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0328, 14.4407, 44.0552)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36B3 #3FB336

analogous

#6B36B3 #AA36B3 #B3367D

triadic

#AA36B3 #B3AA36 #36B3AA

tetradic

#AA36B3 #B36B36 #3FB336 #367DB3

square

#AA36B3 #B36B36 #3FB336 #367DB3

split-complementary

#AA36B3 #7DB336 #36B36B

monochromatic

#511A55 #7D2884 #AA36B3 #C559CD #D588DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AA36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AA36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36B3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36B3	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1561B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.208 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778ca',
    500: '#aa36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36b3;
$custom-light: #c778ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.68,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55169,
    "c": 0.20761,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36B3

secondary

#85C580

accent

#DD4B55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36B3

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

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