#AE40BC#AE40BC

#AE40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.205 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40BC
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 61.02, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 75.37, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1635 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.205 323)
XYZ	xyz(28.3652, 16.2979, 49.2189)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40BC #4EBC40

analogous

#7040BC #AE40BC #BC408C

triadic

#AE40BC #BCAE40 #40BCAE

tetradic

#AE40BC #BC7040 #4EBC40 #408CBC

square

#AE40BC #BC7040 #4EBC40 #408CBC

split-complementary

#AE40BC #8CBC40 #40BC70

monochromatic

#592161 #84308E #AE40BC #C26CCD #D59ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AE40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AE40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40BC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40BC	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2168C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5275B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.205 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97dd1',
    500: '#ae40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40bc;
$custom-light: #c97dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57255,
    "c": 0.20474,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.16296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40BC

secondary

#96C98F

accent

#D94F5F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40BC

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

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