#AE28A2#AE28A2

#AE28A2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.211 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE28A2
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(305, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(305, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 65.12, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 74.35, 331.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.187 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.212 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7360, 13.1270, 35.4064)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE28A2 #28AE34

analogous

#7728AE #AE28A2 #AE285F

triadic

#AE28A2 #A2AE28 #28A2AE

tetradic

#AE28A2 #AE7728 #28AE34 #285FAE

square

#AE28A2 #AE7728 #28AE34 #285FAE

split-complementary

#AE28A2 #5FAE28 #28AE77

monochromatic

#4A1145 #7C1D74 #AE28A2 #D340C6 #DF72D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AE28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE28A2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE28A2	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E59A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.211 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca72be',
    500: '#ae28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae28a2;
$custom-light: #ca72be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.373,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53629,
    "c": 0.2115,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE28A2

secondary

#6CC674

accent

#E65142

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF7

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE28A2

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

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