#AC37E5#AC37E5

#AC37E5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.250 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC37E5
RGB	rgb(172, 55, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 76%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 71.85, -66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 97.60, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.166 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.25 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5196, 17.1610, 75.7129)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC37E5 #70E537

analogous

#5537E5 #AC37E5 #E537C7

triadic

#AC37E5 #E5AC37 #37E5AC

tetradic

#AC37E5 #E55537 #70E537 #37C7E5

square

#AC37E5 #E55537 #70E537 #37C7E5

split-complementary

#AC37E5 #C7E537 #37E555

monochromatic

#66138F #8D1AC5 #AC37E5 #C26DEC #D9A3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AC37E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AC37E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC37E5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC37E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC37E5	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1175E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac37e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 55, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.250 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7aee',
    500: '#ac37e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac37e5;
$custom-light: #ca7aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac37e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.345,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58801,
    "c": 0.25011,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC37E5

secondary

#AFE098

accent

#F43473

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC37E5

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

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