#AE38D9#AE38D9

#AE38D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.239 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38D9
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 69.52, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 91.74, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1696 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.239 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3921, 16.8379, 67.2286)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38D9 #63D938

analogous

#5D38D9 #AE38D9 #D938B3

triadic

#AE38D9 #D9AE38 #38D9AE

tetradic

#AE38D9 #D95D38 #63D938 #38B3D9

square

#AE38D9 #D95D38 #63D938 #38B3D9

split-complementary

#AE38D9 #B3D938 #38D95D

monochromatic

#63187E #8B22B2 #AE38D9 #C36BE3 #D89FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AE38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AE38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38D9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38D9	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3275D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.239 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae6',
    500: '#ae38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38d9;
$custom-light: #cb7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.975,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58315,
    "c": 0.2393,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38D9

secondary

#A6D994

accent

#EB3D6B

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38D9

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

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