#AE36D7#AE36D7

#AE36D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.240 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36D7
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 215)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 74.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 69.83, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 91.63, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1716 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.24 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0385, 16.5445, 65.8352)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36D7 #5FD736

analogous

#5D36D7 #AE36D7 #D736B0

triadic

#AE36D7 #D7AE36 #36D7AE

tetradic

#AE36D7 #D75D36 #5FD736 #36B0D7

square

#AE36D7 #D75D36 #5FD736 #36B0D7

split-complementary

#AE36D7 #B0D736 #36D75D

monochromatic

#61187A #8A22AD #AE36D7 #C369E1 #D79CEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AE36D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE36D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36D7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36D7	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3274D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.240 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79e4',
    500: '#ae36d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36d7;
$custom-light: #cb79e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.72,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.23962,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36D7

secondary

#A3D792

accent

#EA3E6A

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36D7

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

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