#AE42B2#AE42B2

#AE42B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.193 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42B2
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 58.39, -38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 70.09, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1609 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.193 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4391, 16.1112, 43.7754)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42B2 #46B242

analogous

#7642B2 #AE42B2 #B2427E

triadic

#AE42B2 #B2AE42 #42B2AE

tetradic

#AE42B2 #B27642 #46B242 #427EB2

square

#AE42B2 #B27642 #46B242 #427EB2

split-complementary

#AE42B2 #7EB242 #42B276

monochromatic

#572159 #823185 #AE42B2 #C46AC8 #D696D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AE42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42B2

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42B2	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3167B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5975AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.193 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ec9',
    500: '#ae42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42b2;
$custom-light: #c97ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56904,
    "c": 0.19344,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42B2

secondary

#8EC48C

accent

#D65257

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42B2

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

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