#AD36D4#AD36D4

#AD36D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.237 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36D4
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 69.07, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 90.30, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1708 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.237 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4346, 16.2773, 63.8133)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36D4 #5DD436

analogous

#5E36D4 #AD36D4 #D436AC

triadic

#AD36D4 #D4AD36 #36D4AD

tetradic

#AD36D4 #D45E36 #5DD436 #36ACD4

square

#AD36D4 #D45E36 #5DD436 #36ACD4

split-complementary

#AD36D4 #ACD436 #36D45E

monochromatic

#5F1976 #8824A9 #AD36D4 #C268DF #D69BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AD36D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AD36D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36D4

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36D4	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3574D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.237 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79e2',
    500: '#ad36d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36d4;
$custom-light: #ca79e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.19,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57672,
    "c": 0.23671,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36D4

secondary

#A1D590

accent

#E84069

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36D4

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

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