#AE38CA#AE38CA

#AE38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.226 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38CA
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 66.68, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 85.05, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1712 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.226 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5290, 16.0927, 57.4165)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38CA #54CA38

analogous

#6538CA #AE38CA #CA389D

triadic

#AE38CA #CAAE38 #38CAAE

tetradic

#AE38CA #CA6538 #54CA38 #389DCA

square

#AE38CA #CA6538 #54CA38 #389DCA

split-complementary

#AE38CA #9DCA38 #38CA65

monochromatic

#5C1D6B #86299B #AE38CA #C268D7 #D599E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AE38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38CA

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38CA	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4274C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.226 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7adb',
    500: '#ae38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38ca;
$custom-light: #ca7adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.493,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.2264,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38CA

secondary

#9BCF8E

accent

#E14764

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38CA

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

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