#AD37D3#AD37D3

#AD37D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.235 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD37D3
RGB	rgb(173, 55, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 73.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 68.53, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 89.46, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.17 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.235 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3558, 16.3210, 63.1666)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD37D3 #5DD337

analogous

#5F37D3 #AD37D3 #D337AB

triadic

#AD37D3 #D3AD37 #37D3AD

tetradic

#AD37D3 #D35F37 #5DD337 #37ABD3

square

#AD37D3 #D35F37 #5DD337 #37ABD3

split-complementary

#AD37D3 #ABD337 #37D35F

monochromatic

#5F1A76 #8825A8 #AD37D3 #C269DE #D69BE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AD37D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AD37D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD37D3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD37D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD37D3	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad37d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 55, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.235 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae1',
    500: '#ad37d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad37d3;
$custom-light: #ca7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad37d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.385,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57691,
    "c": 0.23482,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD37D3

secondary

#A1D591

accent

#E74169

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD37D3

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

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