#AE40D3#AE40D3

#AE40D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.225 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D3
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 65.36, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 85.66, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1626 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.225 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0450, 17.3698, 63.3328)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D3 #65D340

analogous

#6540D3 #AE40D3 #D340AF

triadic

#AE40D3 #D3AE40 #40D3AE

tetradic

#AE40D3 #D36540 #65D340 #40AFD3

square

#AE40D3 #D36540 #65D340 #40AFD3

split-complementary

#AE40D3 #AFD340 #40D365

monochromatic

#641D7C #8C28AE #AE40D3 #C372DE #D8A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AE40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#AE40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D3

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D3	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4077D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.225 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee1',
    500: '#ae40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d3;
$custom-light: #ca7ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.898,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58667,
    "c": 0.22513,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D3

secondary

#A8D798

accent

#E6426B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D3

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

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