#AE36C7#AE36C7

#AE36C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.226 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36C7
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 66.84, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 84.53, 322.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1734 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.226 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0823, 15.7620, 55.5323)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36C7 #4FC736

analogous

#6636C7 #AE36C7 #C73698

triadic

#AE36C7 #C7AE36 #36C7AE

tetradic

#AE36C7 #C76636 #4FC736 #3698C7

square

#AE36C7 #C76636 #4FC736 #3698C7

split-complementary

#AE36C7 #98C736 #36C766

monochromatic

#5A1C67 #842997 #AE36C7 #C265D5 #D595E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#AE36C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AE36C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36C7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36C7	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4473C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.226 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79d9',
    500: '#ae36c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36c7;
$custom-light: #ca79d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56959,
    "c": 0.22604,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36C7

secondary

#97CE8B

accent

#E14762

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36C7

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

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