#AE36B6#AE36B6

#AE36B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.212 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36B6
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 63.80, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 77.20, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1742 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.212 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2176, 15.0161, 45.7117)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36B6 #3EB636

analogous

#6E36B6 #AE36B6 #B6367E

triadic

#AE36B6 #B6AE36 #36B6AE

tetradic

#AE36B6 #B66E36 #3EB636 #367EB6

square

#AE36B6 #B66E36 #3EB636 #367EB6

split-complementary

#AE36B6 #7EB636 #36B66E

monochromatic

#541A58 #812887 #AE36B6 #C75BCE #D78ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#AE36B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AE36B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36B6

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36B6	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1563BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5071B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.212 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78cc',
    500: '#ae36b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36b6;
$custom-light: #ca78cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5592,
    "c": 0.21196,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36B6

secondary

#86C681

accent

#DE4A53

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36B6

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

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