#AE42CD#AE42CD

#AE42CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.217 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42CD
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 63.39, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 82.02, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1609 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.217 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4217, 17.3042, 59.4833)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42CD #61CD42

analogous

#6842CD #AE42CD #CD42A6

triadic

#AE42CD #CDAE42 #42CDAE

tetradic

#AE42CD #CD6842 #61CD42 #42A6CD

square

#AE42CD #CD6842 #61CD42 #42A6CD

split-complementary

#AE42CD #A6CD42 #42CD68

monochromatic

#621F76 #8B2CA6 #AE42CD #C372DA #D7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AE42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AE42CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42CD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42CD	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.217 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fdd',
    500: '#ae42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42cd;
$custom-light: #ca7fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.619,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58491,
    "c": 0.21728,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42CD

secondary

#A5D397

accent

#E14669

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42CD

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

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