#AA37D6#AA37D6

#AA37D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.236 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA37D6
RGB	rgb(170, 55, 214)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 74.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 68.53, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 90.85, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.166 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.236 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0793, 16.1345, 65.1351)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA37D6 #63D637

analogous

#5A37D6 #AA37D6 #D637B3

triadic

#AA37D6 #D6AA37 #37D6AA

tetradic

#AA37D6 #D65A37 #63D637 #37B3D6

square

#AA37D6 #D65A37 #63D637 #37B3D6

split-complementary

#AA37D6 #B3D637 #37D65A

monochromatic

#5F197A #8723AC #AA37D6 #C06AE0 #D59DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AA37D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AA37D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA37D6

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA37D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA37D6	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E73D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa37d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 55, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.236 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879e3',
    500: '#aa37d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa37d6;
$custom-light: #c879e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa37d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.396,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57493,
    "c": 0.23638,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA37D6

secondary

#A5D792

accent

#E93F6E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA37D6

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

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