#AE40C5#AE40C5

#AE40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.213 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40C5
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 62.68, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 79.35, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1634 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.213 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3658, 16.6981, 54.4887)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40C5 #57C540

analogous

#6B40C5 #AE40C5 #C54099

triadic

#AE40C5 #C5AE40 #40C5AE

tetradic

#AE40C5 #C56B40 #57C540 #4099C5

square

#AE40C5 #C56B40 #57C540 #4099C5

split-complementary

#AE40C5 #99C540 #40C56B

monochromatic

#5E206A #872F99 #AE40C5 #C26FD3 #D69EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#AE40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AE40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40C5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40C5	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C75C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.213 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7dd7',
    500: '#ae40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40c5;
$custom-light: #ca7dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.624,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57791,
    "c": 0.21263,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40C5

secondary

#9DCE93

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40C5

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

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