#AE36A5#AE36A5

#AE36A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.198 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36A5
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 60.96, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 70.22, 330.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1737 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.198 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5662, 14.3556, 37.0144)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36A5 #36AE3F

analogous

#7B36AE #AE36A5 #AE3669

triadic

#AE36A5 #A5AE36 #36A5AE

tetradic

#AE36A5 #AE7B36 #36AE3F #3669AE

square

#AE36A5 #AE7B36 #36AE3F #3669AE

split-complementary

#AE36A5 #69AE36 #36AE7B

monochromatic

#51194C #7F2879 #AE36A5 #CB56C2 #D985D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AE36A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AE36A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36A5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36A5	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.198 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca77c0',
    500: '#ae36a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36a5;
$custom-light: #ca77c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54963,
    "c": 0.19844,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36A5

secondary

#7DC382

accent

#DC574C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36A5

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

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