#AE38BF#AE38BF

#AE38BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.217 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38BF
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 64.67, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 80.22, 323.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1719 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.217 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2727, 15.5902, 50.8001)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38BF #49BF38

analogous

#6A38BF #AE38BF #BF388C

triadic

#AE38BF #BFAE38 #38BFAE

tetradic

#AE38BF #BF6A38 #49BF38 #388CBF

square

#AE38BF #BF6A38 #49BF38 #388CBF

split-complementary

#AE38BF #8CBF38 #38BF6A

monochromatic

#581C60 #832A90 #AE38BF #C363D1 #D592DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#AE38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#AE38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38BF

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38BF	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B72BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.217 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79d3',
    500: '#ae38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38bf;
$custom-light: #ca79d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56642,
    "c": 0.21709,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38BF

secondary

#91CA89

accent

#DE4A5C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38BF

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

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