#AE40C7#AE40C7

#AE40C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.214 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40C7
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 63.06, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 80.24, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1633 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.214 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5965, 16.7904, 55.7037)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40C7 #59C740

analogous

#6B40C7 #AE40C7 #C7409D

triadic

#AE40C7 #C7AE40 #40C7AE

tetradic

#AE40C7 #C76B40 #59C740 #409DC7

square

#AE40C7 #C76B40 #59C740 #409DC7

split-complementary

#AE40C7 #9DC740 #40C76B

monochromatic

#5E206D #882E9C #AE40C7 #C26FD5 #D69FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AE40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AE40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40C7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40C7	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.214 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed9',
    500: '#ae40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40c7;
$custom-light: #ca7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57913,
    "c": 0.2144,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40C7

secondary

#9FCF94

accent

#DE4A65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40C7

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

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