#AE42CA#AE42CA

#AE42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.215 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42CA
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 62.82, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 80.67, 321.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1611 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.215 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0630, 17.1607, 57.5945)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42CA #5ECA42

analogous

#6A42CA #AE42CA #CA42A2

triadic

#AE42CA #CAAE42 #42CAAE

tetradic

#AE42CA #CA6A42 #5ECA42 #42A2CA

square

#AE42CA #CA6A42 #5ECA42 #42A2CA

split-complementary

#AE42CA #A2CA42 #42CA6A

monochromatic

#612072 #8A2DA2 #AE42CA #C272D7 #D7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AE42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AE42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42CA

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42CA	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#036CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A77C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.215 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fdb',
    500: '#ae42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42ca;
$custom-light: #ca7fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58305,
    "c": 0.21458,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42CA

secondary

#A3D196

accent

#DF4867

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42CA

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

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