#AE36D4#AE36D4

#AE36D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.237 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36D4
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 212)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 74.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 69.26, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 90.29, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.172 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.237 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6566, 16.3917, 63.8237)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36D4 #5CD436

analogous

#5F36D4 #AE36D4 #D436AB

triadic

#AE36D4 #D4AE36 #36D4AE

tetradic

#AE36D4 #D45F36 #5CD436 #36ABD4

square

#AE36D4 #D45F36 #5CD436 #36ABD4

split-complementary

#AE36D4 #ABD436 #36D45F

monochromatic

#601976 #8924A9 #AE36D4 #C268DF #D79BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AE36D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE36D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36D4

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36D4	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3674D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.237 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79e2',
    500: '#ae36d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36d4;
$custom-light: #cb79e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.57,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57807,
    "c": 0.23706,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36D4

secondary

#A1D590

accent

#E84068

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36D4

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

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