#AE42CB#AE42CB

#AE42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.215 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42CB
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 63.01, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 81.12, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.161 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.215 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1818, 17.2082, 58.2200)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42CB #5FCB42

analogous

#6942CB #AE42CB #CB42A4

triadic

#AE42CB #CBAE42 #42CBAE

tetradic

#AE42CB #CB6942 #5FCB42 #42A4CB

square

#AE42CB #CB6942 #5FCB42 #42A4CB

split-complementary

#AE42CB #A4CB42 #42CB69

monochromatic

#612073 #8A2DA3 #AE42CB #C372D8 #D7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42CB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42CB	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.215 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fdb',
    500: '#ae42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42cb;
$custom-light: #ca7fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.299,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58367,
    "c": 0.21549,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42CB

secondary

#A3D297

accent

#E04868

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42CB

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

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