#AE40BE#AE40BE

#AE40BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.206 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40BE
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 61.38, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 76.25, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1635 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.206 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5823, 16.3847, 50.3623)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40BE #50BE40

analogous

#6F40BE #AE40BE #BE408F

triadic

#AE40BE #BEAE40 #40BEAE

tetradic

#AE40BE #BE6F40 #50BE40 #408FBE

square

#AE40BE #BE6F40 #50BE40 #408FBE

split-complementary

#AE40BE #8FBE40 #40BE6F

monochromatic

#5A2162 #843190 #AE40BE #C26DCE #D59BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AE40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40BE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40BE	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E69C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5175BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.206 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7dd2',
    500: '#ae40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40be;
$custom-light: #ca7dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.20648,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40BE

secondary

#98C990

accent

#D94F60

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40BE

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

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