#AE38D2#AE38D2

#AE38D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.233 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38D2
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 68.18, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 88.61, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1705 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.233 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5009, 16.4814, 62.5349)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38D2 #5CD238

analogous

#6138D2 #AE38D2 #D238A9

triadic

#AE38D2 #D2AE38 #38D2AE

tetradic

#AE38D2 #D26138 #5CD238 #38A9D2

square

#AE38D2 #D26138 #5CD238 #38A9D2

split-complementary

#AE38D2 #A9D238 #38D261

monochromatic

#601A75 #8926A7 #AE38D2 #C26ADD #D79CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE38D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AE38D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38D2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38D2	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A74CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.233 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae1',
    500: '#ae38d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38d2;
$custom-light: #ca7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.974,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.23325,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38D2

secondary

#A1D591

accent

#E64268

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38D2

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

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