#AE42C7#AE42C7

#AE42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.212 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42C7
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 62.25, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 79.32, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1612 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.212 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7113, 17.0200, 55.7419)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42C7 #5BC742

analogous

#6C42C7 #AE42C7 #C7429E

triadic

#AE42C7 #C7AE42 #42C7AE

tetradic

#AE42C7 #C76C42 #5BC742 #429EC7

square

#AE42C7 #C76C42 #5BC742 #429EC7

split-complementary

#AE42C7 #9EC742 #42C76C

monochromatic

#5F216E #882F9D #AE42C7 #C271D5 #D6A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AE42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AE42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42C7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42C7	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C76C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.212 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd9',
    500: '#ae42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42c7;
$custom-light: #ca7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.722,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58121,
    "c": 0.21189,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42C7

secondary

#A0D095

accent

#DE4A66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42C7

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

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