#AE37BC#AE37BC

#AE37BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.216 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37BC
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 64.49, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 79.34, 324.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.173 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.216 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8980, 15.3635, 49.0632)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37BC #45BC37

analogous

#6B37BC #AE37BC #BC3788

triadic

#AE37BC #BCAE37 #37BCAE

tetradic

#AE37BC #BC6B37 #45BC37 #3788BC

square

#AE37BC #BC6B37 #45BC37 #3788BC

split-complementary

#AE37BC #88BC37 #37BC6B

monochromatic

#561B5D #82298D #AE37BC #C560D0 #D68FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#AE37BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#AE37BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37BC

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37BC	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0564C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D72B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.216 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79d1',
    500: '#ae37bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37bc;
$custom-light: #ca79d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56368,
    "c": 0.21573,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37BC

secondary

#8DC986

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37BC

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

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