#AE42C5#AE42C5

#AE42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.210 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42C5
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 61.87, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 78.42, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1612 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.21 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4806, 16.9277, 54.5270)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42C5 #59C542

analogous

#6D42C5 #AE42C5 #C5429A

triadic

#AE42C5 #C5AE42 #42C5AE

tetradic

#AE42C5 #C56D42 #59C542 #429AC5

square

#AE42C5 #C56D42 #59C542 #429AC5

split-complementary

#AE42C5 #9AC542 #42C56D

monochromatic

#5E216C #882F9A #AE42C5 #C271D3 #D6A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AE42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AE42C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42C5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42C5	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.210 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed7',
    500: '#ae42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42c5;
$custom-light: #ca7ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.466,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.2101,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42C5

secondary

#9FCE95

accent

#DC4B65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42C5

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

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