#AE36A3#AE36A3

#AE36A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.197 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36A3
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 163)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 60.63, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 69.43, 330.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1736 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.197 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3856, 14.2833, 36.0632)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36A3 #36AE41

analogous

#7D36AE #AE36A3 #AE3667

triadic

#AE36A3 #A3AE36 #36A3AE

tetradic

#AE36A3 #AE7D36 #36AE41 #3667AE

square

#AE36A3 #AE7D36 #36AE41 #3667AE

split-complementary

#AE36A3 #67AE36 #36AE7D

monochromatic

#51194B #7F2877 #AE36A3 #CB56C0 #D985D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE36A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE36A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36A3

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36A3	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B70A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.197 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca77be',
    500: '#ae36a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36a3;
$custom-light: #ca77be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54856,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36A3

secondary

#7DC383

accent

#DC594C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36A3

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

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