#AA36D2#AA36D2

#AA36D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.234 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36D2
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 74.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 68.11, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 89.44, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1674 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.234 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5277, 15.8387, 62.4620)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36D2 #5ED236

analogous

#5C36D2 #AA36D2 #D236AC

triadic

#AA36D2 #D2AA36 #36D2AA

tetradic

#AA36D2 #D25C36 #5ED236 #36ACD2

square

#AA36D2 #D25C36 #5ED236 #36ACD2

split-complementary

#AA36D2 #ACD236 #36D25C

monochromatic

#5D1A74 #8525A6 #AA36D2 #BF68DD #D49AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AA36D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AA36D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36D2

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36D2	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3272CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.234 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879e1',
    500: '#aa36d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36d2;
$custom-light: #c879e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57134,
    "c": 0.23394,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36D2

secondary

#A1D490

accent

#E6416C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36D2

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

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