#AE37C7#AE37C7

#AE37C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.225 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37C7
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 66.48, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 84.13, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1724 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.225 320)
XYZ	xyz(29.1293, 15.8560, 55.5479)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37C7 #50C737

analogous

#6637C7 #AE37C7 #C73798

triadic

#AE37C7 #C7AE37 #37C7AE

tetradic

#AE37C7 #C76637 #50C737 #3798C7

square

#AE37C7 #C76637 #50C737 #3798C7

split-complementary

#AE37C7 #98C737 #37C766

monochromatic

#5A1C67 #842A97 #AE37C7 #C266D5 #D596E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AE37C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AE37C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37C7

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37C7	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4473C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.225 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79d9',
    500: '#ae37c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37c7;
$custom-light: #ca79d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57048,
    "c": 0.22495,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.15855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37C7

secondary

#98CD8C

accent

#E04862

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37C7

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

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