#AE38C9#AE38C9

#AE38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.226 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38C9
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 66.49, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 84.60, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1713 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.226 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4110, 16.0455, 56.7949)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38C9 #53C938

analogous

#6638C9 #AE38C9 #C9389B

triadic

#AE38C9 #C9AE38 #38C9AE

tetradic

#AE38C9 #C96638 #53C938 #389BC9

square

#AE38C9 #C96638 #53C938 #389BC9

split-complementary

#AE38C9 #9BC938 #38C966

monochromatic

#5C1D6A #852A9A #AE38C9 #C268D6 #D598E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AE38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AE38C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38C9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38C9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4373C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.226 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ada',
    500: '#ae38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38c9;
$custom-light: #ca7ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57265,
    "c": 0.22555,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38C9

secondary

#9ACF8E

accent

#E14764

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38C9

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

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