#AD36B4#AD36B4

#AD36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.210 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36B4
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 63.24, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 76.31, 325.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1731 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.21 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7904, 14.8196, 44.6206)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36B4 #3DB436

analogous

#6E36B4 #AD36B4 #B4367C

triadic

#AD36B4 #B4AD36 #36B4AD

tetradic

#AD36B4 #B46E36 #3DB436 #367CB4

square

#AD36B4 #B46E36 #3DB436 #367CB4

split-complementary

#AD36B4 #7CB436 #36B46E

monochromatic

#531A56 #802885 #AD36B4 #C75ACD #D789DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#AD36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#AD36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36B4

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36B4	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1862B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5070B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.210 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c978cb',
    500: '#ad36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36b4;
$custom-light: #c978cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55659,
    "c": 0.20985,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36B4

secondary

#84C680

accent

#DD4B53

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36B4

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

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