#AE36D1#AE36D1

#AE36D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.234 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36D1
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 68.69, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 88.95, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1724 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.235 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2817, 16.2418, 61.8491)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36D1 #59D136

analogous

#6136D1 #AE36D1 #D136A6

triadic

#AE36D1 #D1AE36 #36D1AE

tetradic

#AE36D1 #D16136 #59D136 #36A6D1

square

#AE36D1 #D16136 #59D136 #36A6D1

split-complementary

#AE36D1 #A6D136 #36D161

monochromatic

#5E1A72 #8826A4 #AE36D1 #C268DC #D69AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE36D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE36D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36D1

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36D1	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A74CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.234 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79e0',
    500: '#ae36d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36d1;
$custom-light: #ca79e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57607,
    "c": 0.2345,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36D1

secondary

#9FD38F

accent

#E64267

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36D1

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

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