#AE23E2#AE23E2

#AE23E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.264 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE23E2
RGB	rgb(174, 35, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 84.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 77.35, -67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 102.60, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1831 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.264 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7817, 15.6928, 73.2916)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE23E2 #57E223

analogous

#4E23E2 #AE23E2 #E223B6

triadic

#AE23E2 #E2AE23 #23E2AE

tetradic

#AE23E2 #E24E23 #57E223 #23B6E2

square

#AE23E2 #E24E23 #57E223 #23B6E2

split-complementary

#AE23E2 #B6E223 #23E24E

monochromatic

#5E107A #8717B1 #AE23E2 #C259E9 #D68FF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#AE23E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#AE23E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE23E2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE23E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE23E2	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae23e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 35, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.264 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc73ec',
    500: '#ae23e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae23e2;
$custom-light: #cc73ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae23e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.665,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57469,
    "c": 0.26447,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE23E2

secondary

#9DDB86

accent

#F33568

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140916

muted

#837B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE23E2

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

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