#AE40E2#AE40E2

#AE40E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.239 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40E2
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 68.34, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 92.51, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.161 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.239 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0139, 18.1574, 73.7024)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40E2 #74E240

analogous

#5D40E2 #AE40E2 #E240C5

triadic

#AE40E2 #E2AE40 #40E2AE

tetradic

#AE40E2 #E25D40 #74E240 #40C5E2

square

#AE40E2 #E25D40 #74E240 #40C5E2

split-complementary

#AE40E2 #C5E240 #40E25D

monochromatic

#6A1692 #911EC7 #AE40E2 #C575EA #DBAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#AE40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#AE40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE40E2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE40E2	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D78DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.239 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7eec',
    500: '#ae40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40e2;
$custom-light: #cb7eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.741,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5966,
    "c": 0.23869,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40E2

secondary

#B3E09E

accent

#F03873

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40E2

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

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