#AE42C8#AE42C8

#AE42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.213 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42C8
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 62.44, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 79.76, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1611 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.213 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8277, 17.0666, 56.3554)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42C8 #5CC842

analogous

#6B42C8 #AE42C8 #C8429F

triadic

#AE42C8 #C8AE42 #42C8AE

tetradic

#AE42C8 #C86B42 #5CC842 #429FC8

square

#AE42C8 #C86B42 #5CC842 #429FC8

split-complementary

#AE42C8 #9FC842 #42C86B

monochromatic

#60206F #892E9F #AE42C8 #C271D6 #D7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AE42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AE42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42C8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42C8	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B6CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.213 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd9',
    500: '#ae42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42c8;
$custom-light: #ca7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.358,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58182,
    "c": 0.21278,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42C8

secondary

#A1D096

accent

#DE4A66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42C8

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

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