#AE42E2#AE42E2

#AE42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.236 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42E2
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 67.56, -61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 91.63, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1591 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.236 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1287, 18.3870, 73.7407)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42E2 #76E242

analogous

#5E42E2 #AE42E2 #E242C6

triadic

#AE42E2 #E2AE42 #42E2AE

tetradic

#AE42E2 #E25E42 #76E242 #42C6E2

square

#AE42E2 #E25E42 #76E242 #42C6E2

split-complementary

#AE42E2 #C6E242 #42E25E

monochromatic

#6B1793 #911FC8 #AE42E2 #C577EA #DBACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42E2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42E2	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3079DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.236 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fec',
    500: '#ae42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42e2;
$custom-light: #cb7fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59856,
    "c": 0.23644,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42E2

secondary

#B5E09F

accent

#F03874

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42E2

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

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