#AE28AD#AE28AD

#AE28AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.220 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE28AD
RGB	rgb(174, 40, 173)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(300, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 66.84, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 78.67, 328.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1871 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.22 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7569, 13.5353, 40.7830)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE28AD #28AE29

analogous

#6C28AE #AE28AD #AE286A

triadic

#AE28AD #ADAE28 #28ADAE

tetradic

#AE28AD #AE6C28 #28AE29 #286AAE

square

#AE28AD #AE6C28 #28AE29 #286AAE

split-complementary

#AE28AD #6AAE28 #28AE6C

monochromatic

#4A114A #7C1D7C #AE28AD #D340D2 #DF72DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#AE28AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#AE28AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE28AD

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE28AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE28AD	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#045CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae28ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 40, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.220 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca72c6',
    500: '#ae28ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae28ad;
$custom-light: #ca72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae28ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.448,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54257,
    "c": 0.21956,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE28AD

secondary

#6CC66D

accent

#E64342

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE28AD

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

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