#AE38D4#AE38D4

#AE38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.235 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38D4
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 68.56, -57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 89.50, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1702 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.235 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7516, 16.5817, 63.8553)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38D4 #5ED438

analogous

#6038D4 #AE38D4 #D438AC

triadic

#AE38D4 #D4AE38 #38D4AE

tetradic

#AE38D4 #D46038 #5ED438 #38ACD4

square

#AE38D4 #D46038 #5ED438 #38ACD4

split-complementary

#AE38D4 #ACD438 #38D460

monochromatic

#611A78 #8A25AA #AE38D4 #C26ADF #D79DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AE38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38D4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38D4	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3875D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.235 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae2',
    500: '#ae38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38d4;
$custom-light: #cb7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5798,
    "c": 0.23498,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38D4

secondary

#A3D692

accent

#E74069

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38D4

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

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