#AE38B4#AE38B4

#AE38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.208 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38B4
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 62.72, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 75.51, 326.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1721 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.208 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1074, 15.1241, 44.6626)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38B4 #3EB438

analogous

#7038B4 #AE38B4 #B4387C

triadic

#AE38B4 #B4AE38 #38B4AE

tetradic

#AE38B4 #B47038 #3EB438 #387CB4

square

#AE38B4 #B47038 #3EB438 #387CB4

split-complementary

#AE38B4 #7CB438 #38B470

monochromatic

#541B57 #812985 #AE38B4 #C75DCD #D78BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#AE38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#AE38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38B4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38B4	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D63B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.208 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79cb',
    500: '#ae38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38b4;
$custom-light: #ca79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.097,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55989,
    "c": 0.20796,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38B4

secondary

#86C582

accent

#DC4C53

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38B4

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

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