#AE36A6#AE36A6

#AE36A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.199 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36A6
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 61.12, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 70.62, 329.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1738 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.199 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6576, 14.3921, 37.4956)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36A6 #36AE3E

analogous

#7A36AE #AE36A6 #AE366A

triadic

#AE36A6 #A6AE36 #36A6AE

tetradic

#AE36A6 #AE7A36 #36AE3E #366AAE

square

#AE36A6 #AE7A36 #36AE3E #366AAE

split-complementary

#AE36A6 #6AAE36 #36AE7A

monochromatic

#51194D #7F2879 #AE36A6 #CB56C3 #D985D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#AE36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AE36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36A6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36A6	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5970A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5446A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.199 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78c1',
    500: '#ae36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36a6;
$custom-light: #ca78c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55017,
    "c": 0.19921,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36A6

secondary

#7DC382

accent

#DC554C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36A6

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

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