#AE42D2#AE42D2

#AE42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.222 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42D2
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 64.37, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 84.30, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1606 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.222 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0349, 17.5495, 62.7129)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42D2 #66D242

analogous

#6642D2 #AE42D2 #D242AE

triadic

#AE42D2 #D2AE42 #42D2AE

tetradic

#AE42D2 #D26642 #66D242 #42AED2

square

#AE42D2 #D26642 #66D242 #42AED2

split-complementary

#AE42D2 #AED242 #42D266

monochromatic

#641E7C #8C29AD #AE42D2 #C373DE #D8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AE42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AE42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42D2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42D2	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4377CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.222 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe0',
    500: '#ae42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42d2;
$custom-light: #ca7fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58806,
    "c": 0.22182,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42D2

secondary

#A9D799

accent

#E5436C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D2

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

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