#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
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 64.96, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 85.66, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1604 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.225 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4121, 17.7004, 64.6997)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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
##AE42D5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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