#AA37B1#AA37B1

#AA37B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.205 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA37B1
RGB	rgb(170, 55, 177)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 68.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 61.67, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 74.49, 325.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1687 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.205 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8790, 14.4544, 43.0133)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA37B1 #3EB137

analogous

#6D37B1 #AA37B1 #B1377B

triadic

#AA37B1 #B1AA37 #37B1AA

tetradic

#AA37B1 #B16D37 #3EB137 #377BB1

square

#AA37B1 #B16D37 #3EB137 #377BB1

split-complementary

#AA37B1 #7BB137 #37B16D

monochromatic

#501A54 #7D2882 #AA37B1 #C55ACC #D588DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AA37B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AA37B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA37B1

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA37B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA37B1	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C61B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa37b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 55, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.205 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778c9',
    500: '#aa37b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa37b1;
$custom-light: #c778c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa37b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.557,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55147,
    "c": 0.20476,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA37B1

secondary

#84C480

accent

#DC4C54

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA37B1

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

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