#AE37D3#AE37D3

#AE37D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.235 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37D3
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 68.72, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 89.45, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1712 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.235 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5778, 16.4355, 63.1771)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37D3 #5CD337

analogous

#6037D3 #AE37D3 #D337AA

triadic

#AE37D3 #D3AE37 #37D3AE

tetradic

#AE37D3 #D36037 #5CD337 #37AAD3

square

#AE37D3 #D36037 #5CD337 #37AAD3

split-complementary

#AE37D3 #AAD337 #37D360

monochromatic

#601A76 #8925A8 #AE37D3 #C269DE #D79BE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE37D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE37D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37D3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37D3	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3874D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.235 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae1',
    500: '#ae37d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37d3;
$custom-light: #cb7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.769,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57826,
    "c": 0.23517,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37D3

secondary

#A1D591

accent

#E74168

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37D3

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

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