#AA36D3#AA36D3

#AA36D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.235 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36D3
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 68.30, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 89.89, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1673 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.235 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6527, 15.8887, 63.1202)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36D3 #5FD336

analogous

#5B36D3 #AA36D3 #D336AE

triadic

#AA36D3 #D3AA36 #36D3AA

tetradic

#AA36D3 #D35B36 #5FD336 #36AED3

square

#AA36D3 #D35B36 #5FD336 #36AED3

split-complementary

#AA36D3 #AED336 #36D35B

monochromatic

#5D1A75 #8525A7 #AA36D3 #BF68DE #D49AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AA36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AA36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36D3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36D3	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3172D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.235 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879e1',
    500: '#aa36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36d3;
$custom-light: #c879e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.331,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57202,
    "c": 0.23481,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36D3

secondary

#A2D590

accent

#E7416C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36D3

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

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