#AE36AD#AE36AD

#AE36AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.205 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36AD
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 62.27, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 73.44, 327.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1741 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.205 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3172, 14.6560, 40.9698)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36AD #36AE37

analogous

#7336AE #AE36AD #AE3671

triadic

#AE36AD #ADAE36 #36ADAE

tetradic

#AE36AD #AE7336 #36AE37 #3671AE

square

#AE36AD #AE7336 #36AE37 #3671AE

split-complementary

#AE36AD #71AE36 #36AE73

monochromatic

#511950 #7F287F #AE36AD #CB56CA #D985D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#AE36AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AE36AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36AD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36AD	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2461B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5670AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4476E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.205 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78c6',
    500: '#ae36ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36ad;
$custom-light: #ca78c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55402,
    "c": 0.20471,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36AD

secondary

#7DC37D

accent

#DC4D4C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36AD

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

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