#AE42BC#AE42BC

#AE42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.202 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42BC
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 60.19, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 74.43, 323.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1613 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.202 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4800, 16.5275, 49.2572)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42BC #50BC42

analogous

#7142BC #AE42BC #BC428D

triadic

#AE42BC #BCAE42 #42BCAE

tetradic

#AE42BC #BC7142 #50BC42 #428DBC

square

#AE42BC #BC7142 #50BC42 #428DBC

split-complementary

#AE42BC #8DBC42 #42BC71

monochromatic

#5A2261 #84328F #AE42BC #C26FCC #D59CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AE42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42BC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42BC	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2569C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.202 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed1',
    500: '#ae42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42bc;
$custom-light: #c97ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.115,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57469,
    "c": 0.20212,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42BC

secondary

#98C991

accent

#D85060

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42BC

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

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