#AE42CC#AE42CC

#AE42CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.216 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42CC
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 63.20, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 81.57, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.161 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.216 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3013, 17.2560, 58.8497)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42CC #60CC42

analogous

#6942CC #AE42CC #CC42A5

triadic

#AE42CC #CCAE42 #42CCAE

tetradic

#AE42CC #CC6942 #60CC42 #42A5CC

square

#AE42CC #CC6942 #60CC42 #42A5CC

split-complementary

#AE42CC #A5CC42 #42CC69

monochromatic

#621F74 #8A2CA4 #AE42CC #C372D9 #D7A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42CC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42CC	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.216 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fdc',
    500: '#ae42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42cc;
$custom-light: #ca7fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58429,
    "c": 0.21638,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42CC

secondary

#A4D397

accent

#E14768

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42CC

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

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