#AE35BE#AE35BE

#AE35BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.220 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE35BE
RGB	rgb(174, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 65.56, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 81.02, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1749 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.22 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0220, 15.2642, 50.1755)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE35BE #45BE35

analogous

#6A35BE #AE35BE #BE3589

triadic

#AE35BE #BEAE35 #35BEAE

tetradic

#AE35BE #BE6A35 #45BE35 #3589BE

square

#AE35BE #BE6A35 #45BE35 #3589BE

split-complementary

#AE35BE #89BE35 #35BE6A

monochromatic

#561A5E #82288E #AE35BE #C55ED2 #D68EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AE35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE35BE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE35BE	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A72BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.220 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78d2',
    500: '#ae35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae35be;
$custom-light: #ca78d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.993,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5631,
    "c": 0.21964,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE35BE

secondary

#8DCA85

accent

#E0485A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE35BE

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

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