#AE38C7#AE38C7

#AE38C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.224 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38C7
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 66.12, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 83.72, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1715 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.224 320)
XYZ	xyz(29.1773, 15.9520, 55.5639)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38C7 #51C738

analogous

#6638C7 #AE38C7 #C73899

triadic

#AE38C7 #C7AE38 #38C7AE

tetradic

#AE38C7 #C76638 #51C738 #3899C7

square

#AE38C7 #C76638 #51C738 #3899C7

split-complementary

#AE38C7 #99C738 #38C766

monochromatic

#5A1D67 #842B97 #AE38C7 #C168D4 #D598E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AE38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AE38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38C7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38C7	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4573C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.224 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ad9',
    500: '#ae38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38c7;
$custom-light: #ca7ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.51,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.22385,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.15951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38C7

secondary

#99CD8D

accent

#DF4863

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38C7

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

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