#AA36B5#AA36B5

#AA36B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.209 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36B5
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 62.74, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 76.63, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.1697 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.209 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2365, 14.5222, 45.1282)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36B5 #41B536

analogous

#6A36B5 #AA36B5 #B53680

triadic

#AA36B5 #B5AA36 #36B5AA

tetradic

#AA36B5 #B56A36 #41B536 #3680B5

square

#AA36B5 #B56A36 #41B536 #3680B5

split-complementary

#AA36B5 #80B536 #36B56A

monochromatic

#511A57 #7E2886 #AA36B5 #C45ACE #D589DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AA36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AA36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36B5

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36B5	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1062B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.209 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778cc',
    500: '#aa36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36b5;
$custom-light: #c778cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.803,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55288,
    "c": 0.20926,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36B5

secondary

#87C681

accent

#DD4A57

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36B5

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

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