#AE43C2#AE43C2

#AE43C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.206 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE43C2
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 194)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 65.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 60.89, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 76.60, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1602 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.206 321)
XYZ	xyz(29.1992, 16.9095, 52.7543)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE43C2 #57C243

analogous

#6E43C2 #AE43C2 #C24396

triadic

#AE43C2 #C2AE43 #43C2AE

tetradic

#AE43C2 #C26E43 #57C243 #4396C2

square

#AE43C2 #C26E43 #57C243 #4396C2

split-complementary

#AE43C2 #96C243 #43C26E

monochromatic

#5E2269 #873197 #AE43C2 #C271D1 #D69FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AE43C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE43C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE43C2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE43C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE43C2	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E6BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5076BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae43c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.206 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fd5',
    500: '#ae43c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae43c2;
$custom-light: #c97fd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae43c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.551,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57928,
    "c": 0.20612,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE43C2

secondary

#9DCC94

accent

#DA4D64

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE43C2

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

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