#AE40C0#AE40C0

#AE40C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.208 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40C0
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 192)
HSL	hsl(292, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 61.75, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 77.13, 323.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1635 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.208 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8024, 16.4728, 51.5214)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40C0 #52C040

analogous

#6E40C0 #AE40C0 #C04092

triadic

#AE40C0 #C0AE40 #40C0AE

tetradic

#AE40C0 #C06E40 #52C040 #4092C0

square

#AE40C0 #C06E40 #52C040 #4092C0

split-complementary

#AE40C0 #92C040 #40C06E

monochromatic

#5B2164 #853092 #AE40C0 #C26ECF #D59CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE40C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE40C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40C0

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40C0	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A69C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5075BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.208 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7dd3',
    500: '#ae40c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40c0;
$custom-light: #ca7dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.563,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5749,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40C0

secondary

#99CB91

accent

#DA4E62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40C0

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

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