#AE23A8#AE23A8

#AE23A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.220 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23A8
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(303, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(303, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 67.41, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 78.23, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.191 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.22 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1244, 13.0299, 38.2300)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23A8 #23AE29

analogous

#6E23AE #AE23A8 #AE2362

triadic

#AE23A8 #A8AE23 #23A8AE

tetradic

#AE23A8 #AE6E23 #23AE29 #2362AE

square

#AE23A8 #AE6E23 #23AE29 #2362AE

split-complementary

#AE23A8 #62AE23 #23AE6E

monochromatic

#480F46 #7B1977 #AE23A8 #D737D0 #E16ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#AE23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AE23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23A8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23A8	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0659AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.220 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70c2',
    500: '#ae23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23a8;
$custom-light: #ca70c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.59,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53631,
    "c": 0.2203,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23A8

secondary

#66C76A

accent

#E9463E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23A8

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

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