#AE42C0#AE42C0

#AE42C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.206 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42C0
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(291, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 60.93, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 76.19, 323.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1613 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.206 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9172, 16.7024, 51.5597)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42C0 #54C042

analogous

#6F42C0 #AE42C0 #C04293

triadic

#AE42C0 #C0AE42 #42C0AE

tetradic

#AE42C0 #C06F42 #54C042 #4293C0

square

#AE42C0 #C06F42 #54C042 #4293C0

split-complementary

#AE42C0 #93C042 #42C06F

monochromatic

#5C2266 #863194 #AE42C0 #C270CF #D59EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#AE42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AE42C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42C0

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42C0	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5176BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.206 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed3',
    500: '#ae42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42c0;
$custom-light: #c97ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57702,
    "c": 0.20564,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42C0

secondary

#9BCB93

accent

#DA4E62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42C0

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

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