#AE40D9#AE40D9

#AE40D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.231 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40D9
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 66.54, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 88.39, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1621 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.231 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8113, 17.6763, 67.3684)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40D9 #6BD940

analogous

#6140D9 #AE40D9 #D940B8

triadic

#AE40D9 #D9AE40 #40D9AE

tetradic

#AE40D9 #D96140 #6BD940 #40B8D9

square

#AE40D9 #D96140 #6BD940 #40B8D9

split-complementary

#AE40D9 #B8D940 #40D961

monochromatic

#671A84 #8E24B7 #AE40D9 #C473E3 #D9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AE40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#AE40D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40D9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40D9	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3977D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.231 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ee5',
    500: '#ae40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40d9;
$custom-light: #ca7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.137,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59058,
    "c": 0.23054,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40D9

secondary

#ACDA9A

accent

#EA3E6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40D9

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

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