#AE28A3#AE28A3

#AE28A3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.212 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE28A3
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 163)
HSL	hsl(305, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(305, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 65.27, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 74.73, 330.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1871 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.212 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8253, 13.1627, 35.8764)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE28A3 #28AE33

analogous

#7628AE #AE28A3 #AE2860

triadic

#AE28A3 #A3AE28 #28A3AE

tetradic

#AE28A3 #AE7628 #28AE33 #2860AE

square

#AE28A3 #AE7628 #28AE33 #2860AE

split-complementary

#AE28A3 #60AE28 #28AE76

monochromatic

#4A1146 #7C1D74 #AE28A3 #D340C7 #DF72D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE28A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE28A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE28A3

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE28A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE28A3	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C5AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae28a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.212 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca72bf',
    500: '#ae28a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae28a3;
$custom-light: #ca72bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae28a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53685,
    "c": 0.21222,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE28A3

secondary

#6CC673

accent

#E65042

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF7

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE28A3

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

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