#AE36B8#AE36B8

#AE36B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.214 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36B8
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 64.15, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 78.04, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1741 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.214 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4258, 15.0994, 46.8080)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36B8 #40B836

analogous

#6D36B8 #AE36B8 #B83681

triadic

#AE36B8 #B8AE36 #36B8AE

tetradic

#AE36B8 #B86D36 #40B836 #3681B8

square

#AE36B8 #B86D36 #40B836 #3681B8

split-complementary

#AE36B8 #81B836 #36B86D

monochromatic

#551A59 #812889 #AE36B8 #C65CCF #D78BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#AE36B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#AE36B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36B8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36B8	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1063BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F71B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.214 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78ce',
    500: '#ae36b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36b8;
$custom-light: #ca78ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56038,
    "c": 0.21359,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36B8

secondary

#88C782

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36B8

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

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