#AE23AD#AE23AD

#AE23AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.224 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23AD
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 173)
HSL	hsl(300, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 68.19, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 80.20, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1909 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.224 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5992, 13.2198, 40.7305)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23AD #23AE24

analogous

#6923AE #AE23AD #AE2367

triadic

#AE23AD #ADAE23 #23ADAE

tetradic

#AE23AD #AE6923 #23AE24 #2367AE

square

#AE23AD #AE6923 #23AE24 #2367AE

split-complementary

#AE23AD #67AE23 #23AE69

monochromatic

#480F48 #7B197A #AE23AD #D737D6 #E16AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#AE23AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#AE23AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23AD

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23AD	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.224 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70c6',
    500: '#ae23ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23ad;
$custom-light: #ca70c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.432,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53925,
    "c": 0.22393,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23AD

secondary

#66C766

accent

#E9403E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23AD

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

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