#AE36BC#AE36BC

#AE36BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.217 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36BC
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 64.86, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 79.75, 324.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.174 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.217 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8510, 15.2695, 49.0475)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36BC #44BC36

analogous

#6B36BC #AE36BC #BC3687

triadic

#AE36BC #BCAE36 #36BCAE

tetradic

#AE36BC #BC6B36 #44BC36 #3687BC

square

#AE36BC #BC6B36 #44BC36 #3687BC

split-complementary

#AE36BC #87BC36 #36BC6B

monochromatic

#561B5D #82288C #AE36BC #C55ED1 #D68EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AE36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36BC

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36BC	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0164C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.217 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca78d1',
    500: '#ae36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36bc;
$custom-light: #ca78d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.731,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.21688,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36BC

secondary

#8CC985

accent

#DF4959

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36BC

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

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