#AE37C5#AE37C5

#AE37C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.223 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37C5
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 66.11, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 83.25, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1726 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.223 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8986, 15.7638, 54.3330)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37C5 #4EC537

analogous

#6737C5 #AE37C5 #C53795

triadic

#AE37C5 #C5AE37 #37C5AE

tetradic

#AE37C5 #C56737 #4EC537 #3795C5

square

#AE37C5 #C56737 #4EC537 #3795C5

split-complementary

#AE37C5 #95C537 #37C567

monochromatic

#591C65 #842A95 #AE37C5 #C265D4 #D595E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#AE37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AE37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37C5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37C5	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4673C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.223 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79d7',
    500: '#ae37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37c5;
$custom-light: #ca79d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.282,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56922,
    "c": 0.22327,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37C5

secondary

#96CD8B

accent

#E04861

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37C5

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

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