#AE37D5#AE37D5

#AE37D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.237 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37D5
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 69.10, -58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 90.34, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.171 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.237 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8301, 16.5364, 64.5057)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37D5 #5ED537

analogous

#5F37D5 #AE37D5 #D537AD

triadic

#AE37D5 #D5AE37 #37D5AE

tetradic

#AE37D5 #D55F37 #5ED537 #37ADD5

square

#AE37D5 #D55F37 #5ED537 #37ADD5

split-complementary

#AE37D5 #ADD537 #37D55F

monochromatic

#611978 #8A24AB #AE37D5 #C26AE0 #D79CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AE37D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE37D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37D5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37D5	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3674D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.237 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae3',
    500: '#ae37d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37d5;
$custom-light: #cb7ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.19,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57959,
    "c": 0.23688,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37D5

secondary

#A3D692

accent

#E84069

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37D5

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

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