#AE43C5#AE43C5

#AE43C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.209 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE43C5
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 197)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 66%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 61.45, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 77.95, 322.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1601 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.209 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5395, 17.0456, 54.5467)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE43C5 #5AC543

analogous

#6D43C5 #AE43C5 #C5439B

triadic

#AE43C5 #C5AE43 #43C5AE

tetradic

#AE43C5 #C56D43 #5AC543 #439BC5

square

#AE43C5 #C56D43 #5AC543 #439BC5

split-complementary

#AE43C5 #9BC543 #43C56D

monochromatic

#5F216C #88309B #AE43C5 #C272D3 #D6A1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AE43C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AE43C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE43C5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE43C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE43C5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#186BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae43c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.209 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd7',
    500: '#ae43c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae43c5;
$custom-light: #ca7fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae43c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58107,
    "c": 0.20881,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE43C5

secondary

#9FCE95

accent

#DC4C65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE43C5

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

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