#AE36D3#AE36D3

#AE36D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.236 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36D3
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 69.07, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 89.84, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1721 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.236 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5308, 16.3414, 63.1614)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36D3 #5BD336

analogous

#6036D3 #AE36D3 #D336AA

triadic

#AE36D3 #D3AE36 #36D3AE

tetradic

#AE36D3 #D36036 #5BD336 #36AAD3

square

#AE36D3 #D36036 #5BD336 #36AAD3

split-complementary

#AE36D3 #AAD336 #36D360

monochromatic

#5F1A75 #8825A7 #AE36D3 #C268DE #D69AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AE36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AE36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36D3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36D3	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.236 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79e1',
    500: '#ae36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36d3;
$custom-light: #cb79e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.86,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.23621,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36D3

secondary

#A0D590

accent

#E74168

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36D3

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

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