#AE38E0#AE38E0

#AE38E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.245 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE38E0
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 224)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 75%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 70.88, -63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 94.90, 318.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1686 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.245 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3219, 17.2099, 72.1258)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE38E0 #6AE038

analogous

#5A38E0 #AE38E0 #E038BE

triadic

#AE38E0 #E0AE38 #38E0AE

tetradic

#AE38E0 #E05A38 #6AE038 #38BEE0

square

#AE38E0 #E05A38 #6AE038 #38BEE0

split-complementary

#AE38E0 #BEE038 #38E05A

monochromatic

#661588 #8E1DBD #AE38E0 #C46DE8 #D9A2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE38E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE38E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE38E0

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE38E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE38E0	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2676DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae38e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.245 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7beb',
    500: '#ae38e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae38e0;
$custom-light: #cb7beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae38e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.143,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58794,
    "c": 0.24538,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE38E0

secondary

#ACDD97

accent

#F0386F

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE38E0

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

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