#AD37CA#AD37CA

#AD37CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.227 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD37CA
RGB	rgb(173, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 66.83, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 85.45, 321.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.171 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.227 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2590, 15.8823, 57.3901)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD37CA #54CA37

analogous

#6337CA #AD37CA #CA379E

triadic

#AD37CA #CAAD37 #37CAAD

tetradic

#AD37CA #CA6337 #54CA37 #379ECA

square

#AD37CA #CA6337 #54CA37 #379ECA

split-complementary

#AD37CA #9ECA37 #37CA63

monochromatic

#5B1C6A #84299B #AD37CA #C167D7 #D598E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AD37CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AD37CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD37CA

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD37CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD37CA	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad37ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.227 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79db',
    500: '#ad37ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad37ca;
$custom-light: #ca79db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad37ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.163,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57102,
    "c": 0.2271,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD37CA

secondary

#9BCF8E

accent

#E14665

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD37CA

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

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