#AE40C8#AE40C8

#AE40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.215 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40C8
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 63.25, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 80.69, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1633 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.215 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7129, 16.8370, 56.3171)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40C8 #5AC840

analogous

#6A40C8 #AE40C8 #C8409E

triadic

#AE40C8 #C8AE40 #40C8AE

tetradic

#AE40C8 #C86A40 #5AC840 #409EC8

square

#AE40C8 #C86A40 #5AC840 #409EC8

split-complementary

#AE40C8 #9EC840 #40C86A

monochromatic

#5F206E #882D9D #AE40C8 #C270D6 #D69FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AE40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AE40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40C8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40C8	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.215 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed9',
    500: '#ae40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40c8;
$custom-light: #ca7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57974,
    "c": 0.21529,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40C8

secondary

#9FD094

accent

#DF4966

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40C8

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

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