#AE36B4#AE36B4

#AE36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.210 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36B4
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 63.46, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 76.35, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.1742 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.21 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0124, 14.9341, 44.6310)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36B4 #3CB436

analogous

#6F36B4 #AE36B4 #B4367B

triadic

#AE36B4 #B4AE36 #36B4AE

tetradic

#AE36B4 #B46F36 #3CB436 #367BB4

square

#AE36B4 #B46F36 #3CB436 #367BB4

split-complementary

#AE36B4 #7BB436 #36B46F

monochromatic

#531A56 #802885 #AE36B4 #C85ACD #D889DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AE36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36B4

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36B4	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1962B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.210 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78cb',
    500: '#ae36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36b4;
$custom-light: #ca78cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55803,
    "c": 0.21033,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36B4

secondary

#83C680

accent

#DD4B52

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36B4

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

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