#AE23A5#AE23A5

#AE23A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.218 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23A5
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(304, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(304, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 66.94, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 77.06, 330.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.191 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.218 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8481, 12.9194, 36.7750)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23A5 #23AE2C

analogous

#7123AE #AE23A5 #AE235F

triadic

#AE23A5 #A5AE23 #23A5AE

tetradic

#AE23A5 #AE7123 #23AE2C #235FAE

square

#AE23A5 #AE7123 #23AE2C #235FAE

split-complementary

#AE23A5 #5FAE23 #23AE71

monochromatic

#480F44 #7B1975 #AE23A5 #D737CD #E16AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#AE23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#AE23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23A5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23A5	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1059A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.218 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70c0',
    500: '#ae23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23a5;
$custom-light: #ca70c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.885,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53459,
    "c": 0.21816,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23A5

secondary

#66C76C

accent

#E9493E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF7

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23A5

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

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