#AE42D5#AE42D5

#AE42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.225 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE42D5
RGBrgb(174, 66, 213)
HSLhsl(284, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(18.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(49.13, 64.96, -55.85)
CIE-LCHlch(49.13, 85.66, 319.31°)
OKLaboklab(59% 0.1604 -0.1571)
OKLCHoklch(59% 0.225 315.6)
XYZxyz(31.4121, 17.7004, 64.6997)
Luminance0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE42D5 #69D542
analogous
#6542D5 #AE42D5 #D542B2
triadic
#AE42D5 #D5AE42 #42D5AE
tetradic
#AE42D5 #D56542 #69D542 #42B2D5
square
#AE42D5 #D56542 #69D542 #42B2D5
split-complementary
#AE42D5 #B2D542 #42D565
monochromatic
#661C80 #8D28B2 #AE42D5 #C374E0 #D9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63
#AE42D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54
#AE42D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42D5
4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE42D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE42D51.004.634.544.63
#FFFFFF4.631.0021.001.00
#0000004.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.631.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006ED9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4078D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AB6087
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.225 315.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe3',
    500: '#ae42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae42d5;
$custom-light: #ca7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58998,
    "c": 0.22455,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE42D5
secondary
#ABD89A
accent
#E7416D
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#140B15
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D5

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#AE42D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva