#AE43D5#AE43D5

#AE43D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.223 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE43D5
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 64.55, -55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 85.21, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1594 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.223 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4710, 17.8182, 64.7194)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE43D5 #6AD543

analogous

#6543D5 #AE43D5 #D543B3

triadic

#AE43D5 #D5AE43 #43D5AE

tetradic

#AE43D5 #D56543 #6AD543 #43B3D5

square

#AE43D5 #D56543 #6AD543 #43B3D5

split-complementary

#AE43D5 #B3D543 #43D565

monochromatic

#661D81 #8E28B3 #AE43D5 #C475E0 #D9A7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#AE43D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AE43D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE43D5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE43D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE43D5	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4178D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae43d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.223 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca80e3',
    500: '#ae43d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae43d5;
$custom-light: #ca80e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae43d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.973,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59101,
    "c": 0.22334,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE43D5

secondary

#ACD99B

accent

#E7416D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE43D5

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

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