#AB36D3#AB36D3

#AB36D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.235 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB36D3
RGB	rgb(171, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 68.49, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 89.88, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1685 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.235 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8698, 16.0006, 63.1304)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB36D3 #5ED336

analogous

#5C36D3 #AB36D3 #D336AD

triadic

#AB36D3 #D3AB36 #36D3AB

tetradic

#AB36D3 #D35C36 #5ED336 #36ADD3

square

#AB36D3 #D35C36 #5ED336 #36ADD3

split-complementary

#AB36D3 #ADD336 #36D35C

monochromatic

#5E1A75 #8625A7 #AB36D3 #C068DE #D59AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#AB36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AB36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB36D3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB36D3	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3372D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.235 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879e1',
    500: '#ab36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab36d3;
$custom-light: #c879e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.713,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57336,
    "c": 0.23516,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB36D3

secondary

#A2D590

accent

#E7416B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB36D3

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

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