#AD36C9#AD36C9

#AD36C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.227 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36C9
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 67.00, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 85.41, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.172 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.227 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0940, 15.7410, 56.7528)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36C9 #52C936

analogous

#6336C9 #AD36C9 #C9369C

triadic

#AD36C9 #C9AD36 #36C9AD

tetradic

#AD36C9 #C96336 #52C936 #369CC9

square

#AD36C9 #C96336 #52C936 #369CC9

split-complementary

#AD36C9 #9CC936 #36C963

monochromatic

#5A1C69 #832999 #AD36C9 #C166D6 #D496E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#AD36C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AD36C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36C9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36C9	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4172C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.227 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79da',
    500: '#ad36c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36c9;
$custom-light: #ca79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56949,
    "c": 0.22734,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36C9

secondary

#99CE8C

accent

#E14764

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36C9

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

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