#AE23AC#AE23AC

#AE23AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.223 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23AC
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 172)
HSL	hsl(301, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(301, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 68.03, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 79.80, 328.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% 0.1909 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.223 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5028, 13.1813, 40.2228)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23AC #23AE25

analogous

#6A23AE #AE23AC #AE2366

triadic

#AE23AC #ACAE23 #23ACAE

tetradic

#AE23AC #AE6A23 #23AE25 #2366AE

square

#AE23AC #AE6A23 #23AE25 #2366AE

split-complementary

#AE23AC #66AE23 #23AE6A

monochromatic

#480F47 #7B197A #AE23AC #D737D5 #E16ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE23AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AE23AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23AC

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23AC	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.223 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70c5',
    500: '#ae23ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23ac;
$custom-light: #ca70c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.863,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53866,
    "c": 0.2232,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23AC

secondary

#66C767

accent

#E9413E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23AC

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

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