#AD36B2#AD36B2

#AD36B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.208 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36B2
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.27, 62.89, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.27, 75.47, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1731 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.208 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5881, 14.7387, 43.5553)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36B2 #3BB236

analogous

#6F36B2 #AD36B2 #B23679

triadic

#AD36B2 #B2AD36 #36B2AD

tetradic

#AD36B2 #B26F36 #3BB236 #3679B2

square

#AD36B2 #B26F36 #3BB236 #3679B2

split-complementary

#AD36B2 #79B236 #36B26F

monochromatic

#521A54 #7F2883 #AD36B2 #C859CD #D788DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#AD36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AD36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36B2

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36B2	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B62B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5270AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.208 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c978c9',
    500: '#ad36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36b2;
$custom-light: #c978c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.581,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55542,
    "c": 0.20822,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36B2

secondary

#82C57F

accent

#DD4B51

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36B2

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

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