#AE40B2#AE40B2

#AE40B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.196 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40B2
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 59.22, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 71.06, 326.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1633 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.196 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3243, 15.8815, 43.7371)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40B2 #44B240

analogous

#7540B2 #AE40B2 #B2407D

triadic

#AE40B2 #B2AE40 #40B2AE

tetradic

#AE40B2 #B27540 #44B240 #407DB2

square

#AE40B2 #B27540 #44B240 #407DB2

split-complementary

#AE40B2 #7DB240 #40B275

monochromatic

#562058 #823085 #AE40B2 #C567C8 #D694D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AE40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AE40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40B2

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40B2	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.196 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97dc9',
    500: '#ae40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40b2;
$custom-light: #c97dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.895,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56686,
    "c": 0.19614,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40B2

secondary

#8CC48A

accent

#D75156

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40B2

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

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