#AE40B5#AE40B5

#AE40B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.199 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40B5
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(296, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 59.76, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 72.34, 325.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1634 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.199 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6288, 16.0033, 45.3408)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40B5 #47B540

analogous

#7340B5 #AE40B5 #B54081

triadic

#AE40B5 #B5AE40 #40B5AE

tetradic

#AE40B5 #B57340 #47B540 #4081B5

square

#AE40B5 #B57340 #47B540 #4081B5

split-complementary

#AE40B5 #81B540 #40B573

monochromatic

#57205B #833088 #AE40B5 #C468CA #D696DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#AE40B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AE40B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40B5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40B5	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5774B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.199 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97dcb',
    500: '#ae40b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40b5;
$custom-light: #c97dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.41,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.1987,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40B5

secondary

#8FC58B

accent

#D75059

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40B5

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

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