#AE42E0#AE42E0

#AE42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.235 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42E0
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 67.15, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 90.71, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1594 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.235 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8559, 18.2779, 72.3038)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42E0 #74E042

analogous

#5F42E0 #AE42E0 #E042C3

triadic

#AE42E0 #E0AE42 #42E0AE

tetradic

#AE42E0 #E05F42 #74E042 #42C3E0

square

#AE42E0 #E05F42 #74E042 #42C3E0

split-complementary

#AE42E0 #C3E042 #42E05F

monochromatic

#6A1890 #9120C5 #AE42E0 #C577E9 #DBABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AE42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AE42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42E0

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42E0	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3279DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.235 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fea',
    500: '#ae42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42e0;
$custom-light: #cb7fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.013,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59721,
    "c": 0.23461,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42E0

secondary

#B3DF9F

accent

#EF3973

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42E0

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

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