#AE42D0#AE42D0

#AE42D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.220 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42D0
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 63.98, -53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 83.38, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1608 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.22 317)
XYZ	xyz(30.7873, 17.4504, 61.4088)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42D0 #64D042

analogous

#6742D0 #AE42D0 #D042AB

triadic

#AE42D0 #D0AE42 #42D0AE

tetradic

#AE42D0 #D06742 #64D042 #42ABD0

square

#AE42D0 #D06742 #64D042 #42ABD0

split-complementary

#AE42D0 #ABD042 #42D067

monochromatic

#641E79 #8C2AAA #AE42D0 #C373DC #D8A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AE42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AE42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42D0

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42D0	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4477CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.220 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fdf',
    500: '#ae42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42d0;
$custom-light: #ca7fdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58679,
    "c": 0.22,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.17449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42D0

secondary

#A7D599

accent

#E3446B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D0

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

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