#AE37D6#AE37D6

#AE37D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.238 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37D6
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 214)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 74.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 69.29, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 90.79, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1709 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.238 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9574, 16.5873, 65.1763)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37D6 #5FD637

analogous

#5F37D6 #AE37D6 #D637AE

triadic

#AE37D6 #D6AE37 #37D6AE

tetradic

#AE37D6 #D65F37 #5FD637 #37AED6

square

#AE37D6 #D65F37 #5FD637 #37AED6

split-complementary

#AE37D6 #AED637 #37D65F

monochromatic

#61197A #8A23AC #AE37D6 #C36AE0 #D79DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE37D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE37D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37D6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37D6	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3574D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.238 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae3',
    500: '#ae37d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37d6;
$custom-light: #cb7ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.906,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58026,
    "c": 0.23774,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37D6

secondary

#A3D792

accent

#E93F6A

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37D6

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

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