#AE42D4#AE42D4

#AE42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.224 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42D4
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 64.76, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 85.21, 319.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1605 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.224 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2856, 17.6497, 64.0333)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42D4 #68D442

analogous

#6542D4 #AE42D4 #D442B1

triadic

#AE42D4 #D4AE42 #42D4AE

tetradic

#AE42D4 #D46542 #68D442 #42B1D4

square

#AE42D4 #D46542 #68D442 #42B1D4

split-complementary

#AE42D4 #B1D442 #42D465

monochromatic

#651D7F #8D28B1 #AE42D4 #C374DF #D9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AE42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AE42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42D4

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42D4	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4178D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.224 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe2',
    500: '#ae42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42d4;
$custom-light: #ca7fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58934,
    "c": 0.22364,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42D4

secondary

#AAD89A

accent

#E6426D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D4

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

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