#AE36B5#AE36B5

#AE36B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.211 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36B5
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 63.63, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 76.77, 325.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1742 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.211 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1146, 14.9750, 45.1694)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36B5 #3DB536

analogous

#6E36B5 #AE36B5 #B5367C

triadic

#AE36B5 #B5AE36 #36B5AE

tetradic

#AE36B5 #B56E36 #3DB536 #367CB5

square

#AE36B5 #B56E36 #3DB536 #367CB5

split-complementary

#AE36B5 #7CB536 #36B56E

monochromatic

#531A57 #812886 #AE36B5 #C85ACE #D789DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#AE36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AE36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36B5

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36B5	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1762B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.211 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78cc',
    500: '#ae36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36b5;
$custom-light: #ca78cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.693,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55861,
    "c": 0.21114,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36B5

secondary

#85C681

accent

#DD4A52

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36B5

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

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