#AD36B7#AD36B7

#AD36B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.212 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36B7
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 63.76, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 77.58, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.173 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.212 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0993, 14.9432, 46.2475)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36B7 #40B736

analogous

#6D36B7 #AD36B7 #B73681

triadic

#AD36B7 #B7AD36 #36B7AD

tetradic

#AD36B7 #B76D36 #40B736 #3681B7

square

#AD36B7 #B76D36 #40B736 #3681B7

split-complementary

#AD36B7 #81B736 #36B76D

monochromatic

#541A58 #802888 #AD36B7 #C65BCF #D68BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AD36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AD36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36B7

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36B7	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1163BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F71B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.212 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c978cd',
    500: '#ad36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36b7;
$custom-light: #c978cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.349,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55835,
    "c": 0.21231,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36B7

secondary

#87C782

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36B7

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

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