#AE38B6#AE38B6

#AE38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.210 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38B6
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 63.07, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 76.36, 325.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1721 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.21 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3126, 15.2061, 45.7434)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38B6 #40B638

analogous

#6F38B6 #AE38B6 #B6387F

triadic

#AE38B6 #B6AE38 #38B6AE

tetradic

#AE38B6 #B66F38 #40B638 #387FB6

square

#AE38B6 #B66F38 #40B638 #387FB6

split-complementary

#AE38B6 #7FB638 #38B66F

monochromatic

#551B58 #812A87 #AE38B6 #C65ECD #D78DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#AE38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#AE38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38B6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38B6	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A63BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.210 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79cc',
    500: '#ae38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38b6;
$custom-light: #ca79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.19,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56105,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38B6

secondary

#88C684

accent

#DC4B55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38B6

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

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