#AE42BA#AE42BA

#AE42BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.200 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42BA
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 59.82, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 73.55, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1612 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.2 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2659, 16.4419, 48.1296)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42BA #4EBA42

analogous

#7242BA #AE42BA #BA428A

triadic

#AE42BA #BAAE42 #42BAAE

tetradic

#AE42BA #BA7242 #4EBA42 #428ABA

square

#AE42BA #BA7242 #4EBA42 #428ABA

split-complementary

#AE42BA #8ABA42 #42BA72

monochromatic

#592260 #84328D #AE42BA #C26ECB #D59BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE42BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE42BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42BA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42BA	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2869BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.200 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ecf',
    500: '#ae42ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42ba;
$custom-light: #c97ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57353,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42BA

secondary

#96C890

accent

#D7515E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42BA

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

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