#AA36C9#AA36C9

#AA36C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.226 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36C9
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 66.40, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 85.41, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1685 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.226 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4379, 15.4027, 56.7221)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36C9 #55C936

analogous

#6136C9 #AA36C9 #C9369E

triadic

#AA36C9 #C9AA36 #36C9AA

tetradic

#AA36C9 #C96136 #55C936 #369EC9

square

#AA36C9 #C96136 #55C936 #369EC9

split-complementary

#AA36C9 #9EC936 #36C961

monochromatic

#581C69 #812999 #AA36C9 #BE66D6 #D396E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#AA36C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#AA36C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36C9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36C9	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D71C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.226 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778da',
    500: '#aa36c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36c9;
$custom-light: #c778da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.347,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56537,
    "c": 0.22618,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36C9

secondary

#9ACE8C

accent

#E14767

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36C9

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

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