#AE42BB#AE42BB

#AE42BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.201 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42BB
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 60.01, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 73.99, 324.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1613 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.201 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3726, 16.4845, 48.6914)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42BB #4FBB42

analogous

#7242BB #AE42BB #BB428B

triadic

#AE42BB #BBAE42 #42BBAE

tetradic

#AE42BB #BB7242 #4FBB42 #428BBB

square

#AE42BB #BB7242 #4FBB42 #428BBB

split-complementary

#AE42BB #8BBB42 #42BB72

monochromatic

#5A2261 #84328E #AE42BB #C26ECC #D59CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AE42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42BB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42BB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2769BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.201 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed0',
    500: '#ae42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42bb;
$custom-light: #c97ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.554,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57411,
    "c": 0.20124,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42BB

secondary

#97C891

accent

#D7505F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42BB

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

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