#AE40C3#AE40C3

#AE40C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.211 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40C3
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(290, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 62.31, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 78.46, 322.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1635 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.211 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1381, 16.6071, 53.2899)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40C3 #55C340

analogous

#6C40C3 #AE40C3 #C34096

triadic

#AE40C3 #C3AE40 #40C3AE

tetradic

#AE40C3 #C36C40 #55C340 #4096C3

square

#AE40C3 #C36C40 #55C340 #4096C3

split-complementary

#AE40C3 #96C340 #40C36C

monochromatic

#5D2168 #862F97 #AE40C3 #C26FD2 #D59DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE40C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40C3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40C3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D75C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.211 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7dd6',
    500: '#ae40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40c3;
$custom-light: #ca7dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.382,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5767,
    "c": 0.21087,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40C3

secondary

#9CCC92

accent

#DC4C63

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40C3

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

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