#AE40D5#AE40D5

#AE40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.227 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D5
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 65.75, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 86.57, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1625 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.227 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2973, 17.4707, 64.6615)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D5 #67D540

analogous

#6440D5 #AE40D5 #D540B2

triadic

#AE40D5 #D5AE40 #40D5AE

tetradic

#AE40D5 #D56440 #67D540 #40B2D5

square

#AE40D5 #D56440 #67D540 #40B2D5

split-complementary

#AE40D5 #B2D540 #40D564

monochromatic

#651C7F #8D27B1 #AE40D5 #C372E0 #D9A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AE40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AE40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D5	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.227 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee3',
    500: '#ae40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d5;
$custom-light: #ca7ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.295,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58796,
    "c": 0.22693,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D5

secondary

#A9D899

accent

#E7416C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D5

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

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