#AD37D5#AD37D5

#AD37D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.237 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD37D5
RGB	rgb(173, 55, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 68.91, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 90.36, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1698 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.237 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6081, 16.4219, 64.4953)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD37D5 #5FD537

analogous

#5E37D5 #AD37D5 #D537AE

triadic

#AD37D5 #D5AD37 #37D5AD

tetradic

#AD37D5 #D55E37 #5FD537 #37AED5

square

#AD37D5 #D55E37 #5FD537 #37AED5

split-complementary

#AD37D5 #AED537 #37D55E

monochromatic

#601978 #8924AB #AD37D5 #C26AE0 #D69CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AD37D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AD37D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD37D5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD37D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD37D5	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3474D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad37d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 55, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.237 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae3',
    500: '#ad37d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad37d5;
$custom-light: #ca7ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad37d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.81,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57825,
    "c": 0.23653,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD37D5

secondary

#A3D692

accent

#E8406A

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD37D5

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

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