#AE42DD#AE42DD

#AE42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.232 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42DD
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 66.55, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 89.33, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1597 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.232 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4527, 18.1166, 70.1799)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42DD #71DD42

analogous

#6142DD #AE42DD #DD42BF

triadic

#AE42DD #DDAE42 #42DDAE

tetradic

#AE42DD #DD6142 #71DD42 #42BFDD

square

#AE42DD #DD6142 #71DD42 #42BFDD

split-complementary

#AE42DD #BFDD42 #42DD61

monochromatic

#69198C #9022BF #AE42DD #C476E6 #DAAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#AE42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#AE42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42DD

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42DD	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3678DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.232 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fe8',
    500: '#ae42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42dd;
$custom-light: #ca7fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59521,
    "c": 0.23186,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42DD

secondary

#B1DD9D

accent

#EC3B71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42DD

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

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