#AE40D2#AE40D2

#AE40D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.224 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D2
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 65.17, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 85.20, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.1627 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.224 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9200, 17.3198, 62.6746)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D2 #64D240

analogous

#6540D2 #AE40D2 #D240AD

triadic

#AE40D2 #D2AE40 #40D2AE

tetradic

#AE40D2 #D26540 #64D240 #40ADD2

square

#AE40D2 #D26540 #64D240 #40ADD2

split-complementary

#AE40D2 #ADD240 #40D265

monochromatic

#641D7B #8C29AC #AE40D2 #C372DE #D8A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#AE40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AE40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D2	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4177CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.224 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee0',
    500: '#ae40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d2;
$custom-light: #ca7ee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58603,
    "c": 0.22423,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D2

secondary

#A7D698

accent

#E5436B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D2

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

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