#AE40D1#AE40D1

#AE40D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.223 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D1
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 64.97, -54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 84.75, 320.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1628 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.223 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7959, 17.2702, 62.0205)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D1 #63D140

analogous

#6540D1 #AE40D1 #D140AB

triadic

#AE40D1 #D1AE40 #40D1AE

tetradic

#AE40D1 #D16540 #63D140 #40ABD1

square

#AE40D1 #D16540 #63D140 #40ABD1

split-complementary

#AE40D1 #ABD140 #40D165

monochromatic

#631D79 #8B29AB #AE40D1 #C371DD #D8A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE40D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE40D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D1	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4277CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.223 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee0',
    500: '#ae40d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d1;
$custom-light: #ca7ee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58539,
    "c": 0.22333,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D1

secondary

#A6D597

accent

#E4446A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D1

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

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