#AE23A6#AE23A6

#AE23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.219 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23A6
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(303, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(303, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 67.10, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 77.45, 330.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.191 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.219 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9395, 12.9560, 37.2562)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23A6 #23AE2B

analogous

#7023AE #AE23A6 #AE2360

triadic

#AE23A6 #A6AE23 #23A6AE

tetradic

#AE23A6 #AE7023 #23AE2B #2360AE

square

#AE23A6 #AE7023 #23AE2B #2360AE

split-complementary

#AE23A6 #60AE23 #23AE70

monochromatic

#480F45 #7B1975 #AE23A6 #D737CE #E16ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#AE23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#AE23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23A6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23A6	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.219 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70c1',
    500: '#ae23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23a6;
$custom-light: #ca70c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.453,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53516,
    "c": 0.21887,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23A6

secondary

#66C76B

accent

#E9483E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF7

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23A6

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

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