#AE38C1#AE38C1

#AE38C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.219 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38C1
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 65.03, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 81.09, 323.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1718 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.219 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4943, 15.6788, 51.9672)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38C1 #4BC138

analogous

#6A38C1 #AE38C1 #C13890

triadic

#AE38C1 #C1AE38 #38C1AE

tetradic

#AE38C1 #C16A38 #4BC138 #3890C1

square

#AE38C1 #C16A38 #4BC138 #3890C1

split-complementary

#AE38C1 #90C138 #38C16A

monochromatic

#581C62 #832A92 #AE38C1 #C364D2 #D594E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AE38C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#AE38C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38C1

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38C1	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A73BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.219 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca79d4',
    500: '#ae38c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38c1;
$custom-light: #ca79d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.679,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56764,
    "c": 0.21877,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38C1

secondary

#93CB8A

accent

#DE495E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38C1

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

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