#AE42AB#AE42AB

#AE42AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.188 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42AB
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 171)
HSL	hsl(302, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 57.17, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 67.15, 328.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1605 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.188 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7542, 15.8372, 40.1679)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42AB #42AE45

analogous

#7B42AE #AE42AB #AE4275

triadic

#AE42AB #ABAE42 #42ABAE

tetradic

#AE42AB #AE7B42 #42AE45 #4275AE

square

#AE42AB #AE7B42 #42AE45 #4275AE

split-complementary

#AE42AB #75AE42 #42AE7B

monochromatic

#552054 #82317F #AE42AB #C668C3 #D694D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AE42AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AE42AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42AB

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42AB	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3766AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.188 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ec4',
    500: '#ae42ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42ab;
$custom-light: #c97ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56526,
    "c": 0.18753,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42AB

secondary

#8AC28B

accent

#D55753

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42AB

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

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