#AE37E5#AE37E5

#AE37E5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.251 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE37E5
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 76%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 72.21, -65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 97.54, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1686 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.251 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9620, 17.3891, 75.7336)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE37E5 #6EE537

analogous

#5737E5 #AE37E5 #E537C5

triadic

#AE37E5 #E5AE37 #37E5AE

tetradic

#AE37E5 #E55737 #6EE537 #37C5E5

square

#AE37E5 #E55737 #6EE537 #37C5E5

split-complementary

#AE37E5 #C5E537 #37E557

monochromatic

#68138F #8F1AC5 #AE37E5 #C46DEC #DAA3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AE37E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AE37E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE37E5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE37E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE37E5	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1976E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7608D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae37e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.251 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7aee',
    500: '#ae37e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae37e5;
$custom-light: #cb7aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae37e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.034,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5906,
    "c": 0.2507,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE37E5

secondary

#AFE098

accent

#F43471

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE37E5

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

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