#AA36C7#AA36C7

#AA36C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.224 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36C7
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 66.02, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 84.51, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1687 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.224 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2041, 15.3092, 55.4911)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36C7 #53C736

analogous

#6236C7 #AA36C7 #C7369C

triadic

#AA36C7 #C7AA36 #36C7AA

tetradic

#AA36C7 #C76236 #53C736 #369CC7

square

#AA36C7 #C76236 #53C736 #369CC7

split-complementary

#AA36C7 #9CC736 #36C762

monochromatic

#581C67 #812997 #AA36C7 #BF65D5 #D395E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA36C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AA36C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36C7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36C7	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F71C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.224 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778d9',
    500: '#aa36c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36c7;
$custom-light: #c778d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56407,
    "c": 0.22446,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36C7

secondary

#99CE8B

accent

#E14766

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36C7

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

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