#AE40DF#AE40DF

#AE40DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.236 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40DF
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 67.74, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 91.13, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1614 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.236 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6059, 17.9942, 71.5534)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40DF #71DF40

analogous

#5F40DF #AE40DF #DF40C1

triadic

#AE40DF #DFAE40 #40DFAE

tetradic

#AE40DF #DF5F40 #71DF40 #40C1DF

square

#AE40DF #DF5F40 #71DF40 #40C1DF

split-complementary

#AE40DF #C1DF40 #40DF5F

monochromatic

#69188D #9020C1 #AE40DF #C474E8 #DAA9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AE40DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AE40DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE40DF

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE40DF	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3278DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9628C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.236 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7eea',
    500: '#ae40df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40df;
$custom-light: #cb7eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.509,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59457,
    "c": 0.23597,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40DF

secondary

#B1DE9D

accent

#EE3A71

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40DF

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

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