#AE23A4#AE23A4

#AE23A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.217 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23A4
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(304, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 66.79, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 76.68, 330.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.191 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.217 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7575, 12.8831, 36.2975)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23A4 #23AE2D

analogous

#7223AE #AE23A4 #AE235E

triadic

#AE23A4 #A4AE23 #23A4AE

tetradic

#AE23A4 #AE7223 #23AE2D #235EAE

square

#AE23A4 #AE7223 #23AE2D #235EAE

split-complementary

#AE23A4 #5EAE23 #23AE72

monochromatic

#480F44 #7B1974 #AE23A4 #D737CB #E16AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#AE23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#AE23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23A4

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23A4	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1258A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.217 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70bf',
    500: '#ae23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23a4;
$custom-light: #ca70bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.317,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53402,
    "c": 0.21745,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23A4

secondary

#66C76D

accent

#E94B3E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF7

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23A4

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

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