#AE359C#AE359C

#AE359C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.193 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE359C
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 156)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 59.90, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 67.17, 333.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1741 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.193 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7296, 13.9473, 32.8357)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE359C #35AE47

analogous

#8435AE #AE359C #AE355F

triadic

#AE359C #9CAE35 #359CAE

tetradic

#AE359C #AE8435 #35AE47 #355FAE

square

#AE359C #AE8435 #35AE47 #355FAE

split-complementary

#AE359C #5FAE35 #35AE84

monochromatic

#501848 #7F2772 #AE359C #CB55BA #DA84CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#AE359C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#AE359C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE359C

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE359C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE359C	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae359c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.193 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca77b9',
    500: '#ae359c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae359c;
$custom-light: #ca77b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae359c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.926,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54396,
    "c": 0.19287,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE359C

secondary

#7CC386

accent

#DD614B

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE359C

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

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