#AD36D3#AD36D3

#AD36D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.236 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36D3
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 68.88, -57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 89.85, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1709 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.236 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3088, 16.2270, 63.1510)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36D3 #5CD336

analogous

#5F36D3 #AD36D3 #D336AA

triadic

#AD36D3 #D3AD36 #36D3AD

tetradic

#AD36D3 #D35F36 #5CD336 #36AAD3

square

#AD36D3 #D35F36 #5CD336 #36AAD3

split-complementary

#AD36D3 #AAD336 #36D35F

monochromatic

#5F1A75 #8825A7 #AD36D3 #C168DE #D69AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#AD36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AD36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36D3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36D3	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3673D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.236 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79e1',
    500: '#ad36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36d3;
$custom-light: #ca79e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.478,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57605,
    "c": 0.23585,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36D3

secondary

#A1D590

accent

#E74169

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36D3

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

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