#AE38B7#AE38B7

#AE38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.210 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38B7
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 63.25, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 76.78, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1721 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.21 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4163, 15.2476, 46.2896)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38B7 #41B738

analogous

#6F38B7 #AE38B7 #B73881

triadic

#AE38B7 #B7AE38 #38B7AE

tetradic

#AE38B7 #B76F38 #41B738 #3881B7

square

#AE38B7 #B76F38 #41B738 #3881B7

split-complementary

#AE38B7 #81B738 #38B76F

monochromatic

#551B59 #812A88 #AE38B7 #C65ECE #D78DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#AE38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38B7

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38B7	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1864BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.210 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79cd',
    500: '#ae38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38b7;
$custom-light: #ca79cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.748,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56164,
    "c": 0.21044,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38B7

secondary

#89C784

accent

#DD4B56

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38B7

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

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