#AE42BF#AE42BF

#AE42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.205 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42BF
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 60.74, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 75.75, 323.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1613 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.205 322)
XYZ	xyz(28.8067, 16.6582, 50.9781)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42BF #53BF42

analogous

#6F42BF #AE42BF #BF4291

triadic

#AE42BF #BFAE42 #42BFAE

tetradic

#AE42BF #BF6F42 #53BF42 #4291BF

square

#AE42BF #BF6F42 #53BF42 #4291BF

split-complementary

#AE42BF #91BF42 #42BF6F

monochromatic

#5C2265 #853292 #AE42BF #C270CE #D59DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AE42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AE42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42BF

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42BF	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5276BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.205 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed3',
    500: '#ae42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42bf;
$custom-light: #c97ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57643,
    "c": 0.20477,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.16657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42BF

secondary

#9ACA93

accent

#D94F62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42BF

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

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