#AE40D0#AE40D0

#AE40D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.222 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D0
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 64.78, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 84.30, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1629 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.222 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6724, 17.2208, 61.3705)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D0 #62D040

analogous

#6640D0 #AE40D0 #D040AA

triadic

#AE40D0 #D0AE40 #40D0AE

tetradic

#AE40D0 #D06640 #62D040 #40AAD0

square

#AE40D0 #D06640 #62D040 #40AAD0

split-complementary

#AE40D0 #AAD040 #40D066

monochromatic

#631E78 #8B2AA9 #AE40D0 #C371DC #D8A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE40D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE40D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D0

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D0	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4377CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.222 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7edf',
    500: '#ae40d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d0;
$custom-light: #ca7edf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58475,
    "c": 0.22243,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D0

secondary

#A6D597

accent

#E4446A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D0

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

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