#AE42D9#AE42D9

#AE42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.228 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42D9
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 65.75, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 87.50, 318.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1601 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.228 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9261, 17.9059, 67.4066)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42D9 #6DD942

analogous

#6242D9 #AE42D9 #D942B8

triadic

#AE42D9 #D9AE42 #42D9AE

tetradic

#AE42D9 #D96242 #6DD942 #42B8D9

square

#AE42D9 #D96242 #6DD942 #42B8D9

split-complementary

#AE42D9 #B8D942 #42D962

monochromatic

#671B86 #8F25B9 #AE42D9 #C475E3 #DAA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#AE42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AE42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42D9

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42D9	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B78D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.228 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe5',
    500: '#ae42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42d9;
$custom-light: #ca7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.914,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59258,
    "c": 0.2282,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42D9

secondary

#AEDB9C

accent

#E93E6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42D9

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

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