#AE42B6#AE42B6

#AE42B6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.197 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42B6
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(296, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 63.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 59.10, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 71.81, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1611 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.197 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8466, 16.2742, 45.9214)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42B6 #4AB642

analogous

#7442B6 #AE42B6 #B64284

triadic

#AE42B6 #B6AE42 #42B6AE

tetradic

#AE42B6 #B67442 #4AB642 #4284B6

square

#AE42B6 #B67442 #4AB642 #4284B6

split-complementary

#AE42B6 #84B642 #42B674

monochromatic

#58215C #833289 #AE42B6 #C36CCA #D599DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE42B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE42B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42B6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42B6	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D68B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.197 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ecc',
    500: '#ae42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42b6;
$custom-light: #c97ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57127,
    "c": 0.19689,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42B6

secondary

#92C68E

accent

#D6515B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42B6

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

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