#AE36AA#AE36AA

#AE36AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.202 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36AA
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 61.77, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 72.22, 328.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.174 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.202 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0302, 14.5412, 39.4581)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36AA #36AE3A

analogous

#7636AE #AE36AA #AE366E

triadic

#AE36AA #AAAE36 #36AAAE

tetradic

#AE36AA #AE7636 #36AE3A #366EAE

square

#AE36AA #AE7636 #36AE3A #366EAE

split-complementary

#AE36AA #6EAE36 #36AE76

monochromatic

#51194F #7F287C #AE36AA #CB56C7 #D985D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AE36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36AA

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36AA	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2860AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5770A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.202 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78c4',
    500: '#ae36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36aa;
$custom-light: #ca78c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55235,
    "c": 0.20234,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36AA

secondary

#7DC37F

accent

#DC514C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36AA

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

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