#AD37C7#AD37C7

#AD37C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.225 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD37C7
RGB	rgb(173, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 66.28, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 84.12, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1713 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.225 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9073, 15.7416, 55.5375)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD37C7 #51C737

analogous

#6537C7 #AD37C7 #C73799

triadic

#AD37C7 #C7AD37 #37C7AD

tetradic

#AD37C7 #C76537 #51C737 #3799C7

square

#AD37C7 #C76537 #51C737 #3799C7

split-complementary

#AD37C7 #99C737 #37C765

monochromatic

#5A1C67 #832A97 #AD37C7 #C166D5 #D496E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#AD37C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AD37C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD37C7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD37C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD37C7	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)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4372C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad37c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.225 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c979d9',
    500: '#ad37c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad37c7;
$custom-light: #c979d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad37c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5691,
    "c": 0.22455,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD37C7

secondary

#98CD8C

accent

#E04863

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD37C7

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

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