#AE36DB#AE36DB

#AE36DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.243 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE36DB
RGB	rgb(174, 54, 219)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 70.60, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 93.42, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.171 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.243 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5588, 16.7526, 68.5753)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE36DB #63DB36

analogous

#5B36DB #AE36DB #DB36B6

triadic

#AE36DB #DBAE36 #36DBAE

tetradic

#AE36DB #DB5B36 #63DB36 #36B6DB

square

#AE36DB #DB5B36 #63DB36 #36B6DB

split-complementary

#AE36DB #B6DB36 #36DB5B

monochromatic

#631780 #8B20B4 #AE36DB #C36AE4 #D89EEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE36DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE36DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE36DB

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE36DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE36DB	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D75D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae36db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 54, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.243 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae7',
    500: '#ae36db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae36db;
$custom-light: #cb7ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae36db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5828,
    "c": 0.24305,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE36DB

secondary

#A6DA93

accent

#EC3B6C

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE36DB

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

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