#AE42D8#AE42D8

#AE42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.227 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42D8
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 65.55, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 87.04, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1602 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.227 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7964, 17.8541, 66.7237)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42D8 #6CD842

analogous

#6342D8 #AE42D8 #D842B7

triadic

#AE42D8 #D8AE42 #42D8AE

tetradic

#AE42D8 #D86342 #6CD842 #42B7D8

square

#AE42D8 #D86342 #6CD842 #42B7D8

split-complementary

#AE42D8 #B7D842 #42D863

monochromatic

#671B84 #8E26B7 #AE42D8 #C475E2 #D9A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AE42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#AE42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE42D8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE42D8	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.227 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe5',
    500: '#ae42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42d8;
$custom-light: #ca7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59192,
    "c": 0.22729,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42D8

secondary

#ADDA9C

accent

#E93F6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D8

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

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