#AE21B3#AE21B3

#AE21B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.230 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE21B3
RGB	rgb(174, 33, 179)
HSL	hsl(298, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, 69.64, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 83.18, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1919 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.23 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1356, 13.3429, 43.8380)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE21B3 #26B321

analogous

#6521B3 #AE21B3 #B3216F

triadic

#AE21B3 #B3AE21 #21B3AE

tetradic

#AE21B3 #B36521 #26B321 #216FB3

square

#AE21B3 #B36521 #26B321 #216FB3

split-complementary

#AE21B3 #6FB321 #21B365

monochromatic

#4A0E4C #7C177F #AE21B3 #D537DA #E06BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#AE21B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AE21B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE21B3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE21B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE21B3	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae21b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 33, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.230 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70ca',
    500: '#ae21b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae21b3;
$custom-light: #ca70ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae21b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.945,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54168,
    "c": 0.22992,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE21B3

secondary

#6ACA66

accent

#EC3C42

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE21B3

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

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