#AE40D8#AE40D8

#AE40D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.230 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D8
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 66.34, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 87.93, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1622 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.23 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6816, 17.6245, 66.6854)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D8 #6AD840

analogous

#6240D8 #AE40D8 #D840B6

triadic

#AE40D8 #D8AE40 #40D8AE

tetradic

#AE40D8 #D86240 #6AD840 #40B6D8

square

#AE40D8 #D86240 #6AD840 #40B6D8

split-complementary

#AE40D8 #B6D840 #40D862

monochromatic

#661B83 #8E25B6 #AE40D8 #C473E2 #D9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AE40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AE40D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D8

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D8	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B77D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.230 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee5',
    500: '#ae40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d8;
$custom-light: #ca7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.421,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58992,
    "c": 0.22963,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D8

secondary

#ACDA9A

accent

#E93F6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D8

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

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