#AE37B5#AE37B5

#AE37B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.210 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37B5
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 63.27, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 76.36, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1732 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.21 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1616, 15.0690, 45.1851)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37B5 #3EB537

analogous

#6F37B5 #AE37B5 #B5377D

triadic

#AE37B5 #B5AE37 #37B5AE

tetradic

#AE37B5 #B56F37 #3EB537 #377DB5

square

#AE37B5 #B56F37 #3EB537 #377DB5

split-complementary

#AE37B5 #7DB537 #37B56F

monochromatic

#541A57 #812986 #AE37B5 #C75CCD #D78BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#AE37B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AE37B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37B5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37B5	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1963B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.210 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79cc',
    500: '#ae37b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37b5;
$custom-light: #ca79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55953,
    "c": 0.20997,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37B5

secondary

#86C682

accent

#DD4B53

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37B5

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

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