#AE38DF#AE38DF

#AE38DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.244 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38DF
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 223)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 74.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 70.68, -62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 94.44, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1687 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.245 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1867, 17.1558, 71.4136)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38DF #69DF38

analogous

#5B38DF #AE38DF #DF38BD

triadic

#AE38DF #DFAE38 #38DFAE

tetradic

#AE38DF #DF5B38 #69DF38 #38BDDF

square

#AE38DF #DF5B38 #69DF38 #38BDDF

split-complementary

#AE38DF #BDDF38 #38DF5B

monochromatic

#661687 #8D1EBC #AE38DF #C36DE7 #D9A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AE38DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AE38DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38DF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38DF	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2876DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.244 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7bea',
    500: '#ae38df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38df;
$custom-light: #cb7bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.395,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58725,
    "c": 0.2445,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38DF

secondary

#ABDD96

accent

#EF396E

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38DF

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

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