#AE23A9#AE23A9

#AE23A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.221 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23A9
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(302, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(302, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 67.56, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 78.62, 329.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.191 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.221 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2179, 13.0673, 38.7225)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23A9 #23AE28

analogous

#6D23AE #AE23A9 #AE2363

triadic

#AE23A9 #A9AE23 #23A9AE

tetradic

#AE23A9 #AE6D23 #23AE28 #2363AE

square

#AE23A9 #AE6D23 #23AE28 #2363AE

split-complementary

#AE23A9 #63AE23 #23AE6D

monochromatic

#480F46 #7B1978 #AE23A9 #D737D1 #E16ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#AE23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AE23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23A9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23A9	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0359AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.221 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70c3',
    500: '#ae23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23a9;
$custom-light: #ca70c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.158,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53689,
    "c": 0.22102,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23A9

secondary

#66C769

accent

#E9453E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23A9

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

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