#AA36D4#AA36D4

#AA36D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.236 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36D4
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 68.50, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 90.34, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1672 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.236 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7785, 15.9390, 63.7825)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36D4 #60D436

analogous

#5B36D4 #AA36D4 #D436AF

triadic

#AA36D4 #D4AA36 #36D4AA

tetradic

#AA36D4 #D45B36 #60D436 #36AFD4

square

#AA36D4 #D45B36 #60D436 #36AFD4

split-complementary

#AA36D4 #AFD436 #36D45B

monochromatic

#5E1976 #8524A9 #AA36D4 #BF68DF #D59BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AA36D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AA36D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36D4

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36D4	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3072D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.236 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879e2',
    500: '#aa36d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36d4;
$custom-light: #c879e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.051,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5727,
    "c": 0.23567,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36D4

secondary

#A3D590

accent

#E8406D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36D4

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

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