#AE40C2#AE40C2

#AE40C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.210 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40C2
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 62.12, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 78.01, 322.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1635 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.21 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0255, 16.5620, 52.6964)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40C2 #54C240

analogous

#6D40C2 #AE40C2 #C24095

triadic

#AE40C2 #C2AE40 #40C2AE

tetradic

#AE40C2 #C26D40 #54C240 #4095C2

square

#AE40C2 #C26D40 #54C240 #4095C2

split-complementary

#AE40C2 #95C240 #40C26D

monochromatic

#5C2167 #863095 #AE40C2 #C26ED1 #D59DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AE40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40C2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40C2	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1669C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E75BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.210 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7dd5',
    500: '#ae40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40c2;
$custom-light: #ca7dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5761,
    "c": 0.20999,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40C2

secondary

#9BCC92

accent

#DB4D63

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40C2

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

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