#AA37C6#AA37C6

#AA37C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.223 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA37C6
RGB	rgb(170, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 65.47, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 83.66, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1678 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.223 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1354, 15.3570, 54.8973)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA37C6 #53C637

analogous

#6337C6 #AA37C6 #C6379B

triadic

#AA37C6 #C6AA37 #37C6AA

tetradic

#AA37C6 #C66337 #53C637 #379BC6

square

#AA37C6 #C66337 #53C637 #379BC6

split-complementary

#AA37C6 #9BC637 #37C663

monochromatic

#581C66 #812A96 #AA37C6 #BF66D4 #D396E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#AA37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#AA37C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA37C6

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA37C6	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4071C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.223 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779d8',
    500: '#aa37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa37c6;
$custom-light: #c779d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.252,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56433,
    "c": 0.2225,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA37C6

secondary

#99CD8C

accent

#E04866

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA37C6

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

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