#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
RGBrgb(174, 54, 183)
HSLhsl(296, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(296, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(4.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(45.71, 63.98, -43.95)
CIE-LCHlch(45.71, 77.62, 325.51°)
OKLaboklab(55.98% 0.1741 -0.1222)
OKLCHoklch(55.98% 0.213 324.9)
XYZxyz(27.3213, 15.0576, 46.2579)
Luminance0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##AE36B71.005.244.015.24
#FFFFFF5.241.0021.001.00
#0000004.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.241.0021.001.00

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

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#AE36B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva