#AD37E5#AD37E5

#AD37E5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.250 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD37E5
RGB	rgb(173, 55, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 76%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 72.03, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 97.57, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1673 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.25 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7400, 17.2747, 75.7232)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD37E5 #6FE537

analogous

#5637E5 #AD37E5 #E537C6

triadic

#AD37E5 #E5AD37 #37E5AD

tetradic

#AD37E5 #E55637 #6FE537 #37C6E5

square

#AD37E5 #E55637 #6FE537 #37C6E5

split-complementary

#AD37E5 #C6E537 #37E556

monochromatic

#67138F #8E1AC5 #AD37E5 #C36DEC #D9A3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AD37E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AD37E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD37E5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD37E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD37E5	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1576E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad37e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 55, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.250 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7aee',
    500: '#ad37e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad37e5;
$custom-light: #cb7aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad37e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.69,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5893,
    "c": 0.25041,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD37E5

secondary

#AFE098

accent

#F43472

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD37E5

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

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