#AE37CC#AE37CC

#AE37CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.229 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37CC
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 67.41, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 86.34, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.172 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.229 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7194, 16.0921, 58.6557)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37CC #55CC37

analogous

#6337CC #AE37CC #CC37A0

triadic

#AE37CC #CCAE37 #37CCAE

tetradic

#AE37CC #CC6337 #55CC37 #37A0CC

square

#AE37CC #CC6337 #55CC37 #37A0CC

split-complementary

#AE37CC #A0CC37 #37CC63

monochromatic

#5D1C6D #86289E #AE37CC #C268D8 #D599E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AE37CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE37CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37CC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37CC	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.229 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79dc',
    500: '#ae37cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37cc;
$custom-light: #ca79dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.919,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.22919,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37CC

secondary

#9CD08E

accent

#E34565

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37CC

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

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