#AA36B4#AA36B4

#AA36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.208 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36B4
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 62.57, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 76.20, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1697 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.208 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1343, 14.4813, 44.5898)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36B4 #40B436

analogous

#6B36B4 #AA36B4 #B4367F

triadic

#AA36B4 #B4AA36 #36B4AA

tetradic

#AA36B4 #B46B36 #40B436 #367FB4

square

#AA36B4 #B46B36 #40B436 #367FB4

split-complementary

#AA36B4 #7FB436 #36B46B

monochromatic

#511A56 #7E2885 #AA36B4 #C45ACD #D589DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AA36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AA36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36B4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36B4	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1361B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.208 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778cb',
    500: '#aa36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36b4;
$custom-light: #c778cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.238,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55228,
    "c": 0.20844,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36B4

secondary

#86C680

accent

#DD4B56

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36B4

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

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