#AD37CC#AD37CC

#AD37CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.229 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD37CC
RGB	rgb(173, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 67.21, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 86.34, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1708 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.229 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4973, 15.9776, 58.6453)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD37CC #56CC37

analogous

#6237CC #AD37CC #CC37A0

triadic

#AD37CC #CCAD37 #37CCAD

tetradic

#AD37CC #CC6237 #56CC37 #37A0CC

square

#AD37CC #CC6237 #56CC37 #37A0CC

split-complementary

#AD37CC #A0CC37 #37CC62

monochromatic

#5C1C6D #85289E #AD37CC #C168D8 #D599E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AD37CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AD37CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD37CC

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD37CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD37CC	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E73C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad37cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.229 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79dc',
    500: '#ad37cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad37cc;
$custom-light: #ca79dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad37cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.517,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57231,
    "c": 0.22881,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD37CC

secondary

#9CD08E

accent

#E34566

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD37CC

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

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