#AE42E1#AE42E1

#AE42E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.236 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42E1
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 67.36, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 91.17, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1592 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.236 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9919, 18.3323, 73.0201)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42E1 #75E142

analogous

#5F42E1 #AE42E1 #E142C4

triadic

#AE42E1 #E1AE42 #42E1AE

tetradic

#AE42E1 #E15F42 #75E142 #42C4E1

square

#AE42E1 #E15F42 #75E142 #42C4E1

split-complementary

#AE42E1 #C4E142 #42E15F

monochromatic

#6A1792 #911FC6 #AE42E1 #C577E9 #DBACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#AE42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#AE42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42E1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42E1	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3179DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.236 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7feb',
    500: '#ae42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42e1;
$custom-light: #cb7feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.23553,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42E1

secondary

#B4E09F

accent

#EF3873

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42E1

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

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