#AE36B7#AE36B7

#AE36B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.213 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36B7
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 63.98, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 77.62, 325.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1741 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.213 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3213, 15.0576, 46.2579)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36B7 #3FB736

analogous

#6E36B7 #AE36B7 #B73680

triadic

#AE36B7 #B7AE36 #36B7AE

tetradic

#AE36B7 #B76E36 #3FB736 #3680B7

square

#AE36B7 #B76E36 #3FB736 #3680B7

split-complementary

#AE36B7 #80B736 #36B76E

monochromatic

#541A58 #812888 #AE36B7 #C75BCF #D78BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#AE36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AE36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36B7

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36B7	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1263BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5071B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.213 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78cd',
    500: '#ae36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36b7;
$custom-light: #ca78cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.814,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55979,
    "c": 0.21277,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36B7

secondary

#87C782

accent

#DE4A54

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36B7

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

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