#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
RGBrgb(174, 54, 181)
HSLhsl(297, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(297, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(3.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(45.60, 63.63, -42.96)
CIE-LCHlch(45.60, 76.77, 325.98°)
OKLaboklab(55.86% 0.1742 -0.1194)
OKLCHoklch(55.86% 0.211 325.6)
XYZxyz(27.1146, 14.9750, 45.1694)
Luminance0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##AE36B51.005.263.995.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

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

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#AE36B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva