#AE239B#AE239B

#AE239B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.211 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE239B
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(308, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(308, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 65.45, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 73.31, 333.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.1908 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.211 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9733, 12.5695, 32.1676)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE239B #23AE36

analogous

#7B23AE #AE239B #AE2356

triadic

#AE239B #9BAE23 #239BAE

tetradic

#AE239B #AE7B23 #23AE36 #2356AE

square

#AE239B #AE7B23 #23AE36 #2356AE

split-complementary

#AE239B #56AE23 #23AE7B

monochromatic

#480F40 #7B196E #AE239B #D737C1 #E16AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#AE239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#AE239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE239B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE239B	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21579E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7315F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.211 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6fb9',
    500: '#ae239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae239b;
$custom-light: #ca6fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.201,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52905,
    "c": 0.21116,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE239B

secondary

#66C773

accent

#E9563E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE239B

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

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