#AE42C1#AE42C1

#AE42C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.207 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42C1
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 65.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 61.12, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 76.63, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1613 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.207 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0283, 16.7468, 52.1452)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42C1 #55C142

analogous

#6E42C1 #AE42C1 #C14294

triadic

#AE42C1 #C1AE42 #42C1AE

tetradic

#AE42C1 #C16E42 #55C142 #4294C1

square

#AE42C1 #C16E42 #55C142 #4294C1

split-complementary

#AE42C1 #94C142 #42C16E

monochromatic

#5D2267 #863195 #AE42C1 #C270D0 #D59EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE42C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42C1

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42C1	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5076BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.207 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ed4',
    500: '#ae42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42c1;
$custom-light: #c97ed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.024,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57761,
    "c": 0.20653,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42C1

secondary

#9CCC93

accent

#DA4E63

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42C1

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

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