#AE38D3#AE38D3

#AE38D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.234 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38D3
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 68.37, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 89.05, 320.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1703 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.234 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6258, 16.5314, 63.1930)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38D3 #5DD338

analogous

#6038D3 #AE38D3 #D338AB

triadic

#AE38D3 #D3AE38 #38D3AE

tetradic

#AE38D3 #D36038 #5DD338 #38ABD3

square

#AE38D3 #D36038 #5DD338 #38ABD3

split-complementary

#AE38D3 #ABD338 #38D360

monochromatic

#601A76 #8925A9 #AE38D3 #C26ADE #D79CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AE38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38D3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38D3	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3974D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.234 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ae1',
    500: '#ae38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38d3;
$custom-light: #ca7ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.677,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57913,
    "c": 0.23411,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38D3

secondary

#A2D592

accent

#E74169

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38D3

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

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