#AE43C8#AE43C8

#AE43C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.212 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE43C8
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 66.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 62.02, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 79.29, 321.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1601 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.212 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8867, 17.1845, 56.3751)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE43C8 #5DC843

analogous

#6C43C8 #AE43C8 #C8439F

triadic

#AE43C8 #C8AE43 #43C8AE

tetradic

#AE43C8 #C86C43 #5DC843 #439FC8

square

#AE43C8 #C86C43 #5DC843 #439FC8

split-complementary

#AE43C8 #9FC843 #43C86C

monochromatic

#602170 #892F9F #AE43C8 #C272D6 #D7A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE43C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE43C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE43C8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE43C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE43C8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#106CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae43c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.212 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd9',
    500: '#ae43c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae43c8;
$custom-light: #ca7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae43c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.271,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58289,
    "c": 0.21151,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE43C8

secondary

#A2D096

accent

#DE4A67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE43C8

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

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