#AE37D4#AE37D4

#AE37D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.236 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37D4
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 68.91, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 89.90, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1711 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.236 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7036, 16.4858, 63.8393)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37D4 #5DD437

analogous

#6037D4 #AE37D4 #D437AB

triadic

#AE37D4 #D4AE37 #37D4AE

tetradic

#AE37D4 #D46037 #5DD437 #37ABD4

square

#AE37D4 #D46037 #5DD437 #37ABD4

split-complementary

#AE37D4 #ABD437 #37D460

monochromatic

#601A77 #8924A9 #AE37D4 #C269DF #D79CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE37D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AE37D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37D4

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37D4	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3774D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.236 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae2',
    500: '#ae37d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37d4;
$custom-light: #cb7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.478,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.23603,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37D4

secondary

#A2D691

accent

#E84069

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37D4

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

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