#AE43C9#AE43C9

#AE43C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.212 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE43C9
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 201)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 62.21, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 79.75, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.16 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.212 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0039, 17.2314, 56.9926)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE43C9 #5EC943

analogous

#6B43C9 #AE43C9 #C943A1

triadic

#AE43C9 #C9AE43 #43C9AE

tetradic

#AE43C9 #C96B43 #5EC943 #43A1C9

square

#AE43C9 #C96B43 #5EC943 #43A1C9

split-complementary

#AE43C9 #A1C943 #43C96B

monochromatic

#612071 #8A2EA1 #AE43C9 #C273D7 #D7A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE43C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE43C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE43C9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE43C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE43C9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae43c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.212 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fda',
    500: '#ae43c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae43c9;
$custom-light: #ca7fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae43c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.91,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5835,
    "c": 0.21241,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE43C9

secondary

#A3D197

accent

#DF4967

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE43C9

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

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