#AE40E3#AE40E3

#AE40E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.240 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40E3
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 68.54, -62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 92.97, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1609 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.24 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1515, 18.2124, 74.4272)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40E3 #75E340

analogous

#5D40E3 #AE40E3 #E340C6

triadic

#AE40E3 #E3AE40 #40E3AE

tetradic

#AE40E3 #E35D40 #75E340 #40C6E3

square

#AE40E3 #E35D40 #75E340 #40C6E3

split-complementary

#AE40E3 #C6E340 #40E35D

monochromatic

#6A1693 #911DC8 #AE40E3 #C575EB #DBABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AE40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#AE40E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE40E3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE40E3	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B78DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.240 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fed',
    500: '#ae40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40e3;
$custom-light: #cb7fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.491,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59728,
    "c": 0.2396,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40E3

secondary

#B4E19E

accent

#F13773

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40E3

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

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