#AE40DD#AE40DD

#AE40DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.234 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40DD
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 67.34, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 90.22, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1616 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.234 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3378, 17.8870, 70.1417)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40DD #6FDD40

analogous

#5F40DD #AE40DD #DD40BE

triadic

#AE40DD #DDAE40 #40DDAE

tetradic

#AE40DD #DD5F40 #6FDD40 #40BEDD

square

#AE40DD #DD5F40 #6FDD40 #40BEDD

split-complementary

#AE40DD #BEDD40 #40DD5F

monochromatic

#68198A #8F22BE #AE40DD #C474E6 #DAA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AE40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AE40DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE40DD

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE40DD	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3478DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.234 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ee8',
    500: '#ae40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40dd;
$custom-light: #cb7ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.038,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59323,
    "c": 0.23415,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40DD

secondary

#AFDD9C

accent

#ED3B70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40DD

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

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