#AE2C9E#AE2C9E

#AE2C9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.205 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2C9E
RGB	rgb(174, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(307, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(307, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 63.29, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 71.45, 332.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1833 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.205 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5280, 13.2708, 33.6108)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2C9E #2CAE3C

analogous

#7D2CAE #AE2C9E #AE2C5D

triadic

#AE2C9E #9EAE2C #2C9EAE

tetradic

#AE2C9E #AE7D2C #2CAE3C #2C5DAE

square

#AE2C9E #AE7D2C #2CAE3C #2C5DAE

split-complementary

#AE2C9E #5DAE2C #2CAE7D

monochromatic

#4C1345 #7D2072 #AE2C9E #D047BF #DD78D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#AE2C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#AE2C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2C9E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2C9E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.205 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca73bb',
    500: '#ae2c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2c9e;
$custom-light: #ca73bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53716,
    "c": 0.2046,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2C9E

secondary

#71C57B

accent

#E35845

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2C9E

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

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