#AE36A2#AE36A2

#AE36A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.196 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36A2
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 60.47, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 69.04, 331.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.1735 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.196 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2964, 14.2476, 35.5932)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36A2 #36AE42

analogous

#7E36AE #AE36A2 #AE3666

triadic

#AE36A2 #A2AE36 #36A2AE

tetradic

#AE36A2 #AE7E36 #36AE42 #3666AE

square

#AE36A2 #AE7E36 #36AE42 #3666AE

split-complementary

#AE36A2 #66AE36 #36AE7E

monochromatic

#51194B #7F2877 #AE36A2 #CB56BF #D985D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#AE36A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE36A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36A2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36A2	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.196 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca77be',
    500: '#ae36a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36a2;
$custom-light: #ca77be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54803,
    "c": 0.19614,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36A2

secondary

#7DC384

accent

#DC5A4C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36A2

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

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