#AD36D5#AD36D5

#AD36D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.238 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD36D5
RGB	rgb(173, 54, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 69.26, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 90.75, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1707 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.238 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5611, 16.3279, 64.4797)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD36D5 #5ED536

analogous

#5E36D5 #AD36D5 #D536AD

triadic

#AD36D5 #D5AD36 #36D5AD

tetradic

#AD36D5 #D55E36 #5ED536 #36ADD5

square

#AD36D5 #D55E36 #5ED536 #36ADD5

split-complementary

#AD36D5 #ADD536 #36D55E

monochromatic

#601978 #8824AA #AD36D5 #C269E0 #D69BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AD36D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AD36D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD36D5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD36D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD36D5	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3374D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad36d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 54, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.238 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79e3',
    500: '#ad36d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad36d5;
$custom-light: #ca79e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad36d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.906,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57739,
    "c": 0.23757,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD36D5

secondary

#A2D691

accent

#E83F6A

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD36D5

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

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