#AE36AE#AE36AE

#AE36AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.206 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36AE
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 62.44, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 73.86, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.1741 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.206 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4144, 14.6948, 41.4813)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36AE #36AE36

analogous

#7236AE #AE36AE #AE3672

triadic

#AE36AE #AEAE36 #36AEAE

tetradic

#AE36AE #AE7236 #36AE36 #3672AE

square

#AE36AE #AE7236 #36AE36 #3672AE

split-complementary

#AE36AE #72AE36 #36AE72

monochromatic

#511951 #7F287F #AE36AE #CB56CB #D985D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#AE36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#AE36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36AE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36AE	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2361B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5570AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3476E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.206 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78c6',
    500: '#ae36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36ae;
$custom-light: #ca78c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55459,
    "c": 0.20551,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36AE

secondary

#7DC37D

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36AE

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

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