#AE42D3#AE42D3

#AE42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.223 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42D3
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 64.56, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 84.75, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1606 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.223 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1598, 17.5994, 63.3710)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42D3 #67D342

analogous

#6642D3 #AE42D3 #D342AF

triadic

#AE42D3 #D3AE42 #42D3AE

tetradic

#AE42D3 #D36642 #67D342 #42AFD3

square

#AE42D3 #D36642 #67D342 #42AFD3

split-complementary

#AE42D3 #AFD342 #42D366

monochromatic

#651D7D #8D29AF #AE42D3 #C374DF #D9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#AE42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AE42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42D3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42D3	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4277D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.223 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe1',
    500: '#ae42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42d3;
$custom-light: #ca7fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.69,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5887,
    "c": 0.22273,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42D3

secondary

#A9D79A

accent

#E5426C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D3

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

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