#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
RGBrgb(174, 54, 182)
HSLhsl(296, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(296, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(4.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(45.66, 63.80, -43.45)
CIE-LCHlch(45.66, 77.20, 325.74°)
OKLaboklab(55.92% 0.1742 -0.1208)
OKLCHoklch(55.92% 0.212 325.3)
XYZxyz(27.2176, 15.0161, 45.7117)
Luminance0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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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
##AE36B61.005.254.005.25
#FFFFFF5.251.0021.001.00
#0000004.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.251.0021.001.00

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

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#AE36B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva