#AE259A#AE259A

#AE259A is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.209 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE259A
RGB	rgb(174, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(309, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(309, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 64.77, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 72.33, 333.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1892 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.209 335)
XYZ	xyz(23.9502, 12.6571, 31.7473)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE259A #25AE39

analogous

#7E25AE #AE259A #AE2556

triadic

#AE259A #9AAE25 #259AAE

tetradic

#AE259A #AE7E25 #25AE39 #2556AE

square

#AE259A #AE7E25 #25AE39 #2556AE

split-complementary

#AE259A #56AE25 #25AE7E

monochromatic

#491041 #7C1A6D #AE259A #D53BBF #E06DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#AE259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#AE259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE259A

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE259A	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24579D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7325E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.209 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca70b8',
    500: '#ae259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae259a;
$custom-light: #ca70b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.759,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52984,
    "c": 0.20869,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.12655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE259A

secondary

#68C676

accent

#E85840

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE259A

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

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