#AE43E2#AE43E2

#AE43E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.235 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE43E2
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 70.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 67.16, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 91.19, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1581 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.235 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1877, 18.5049, 73.7603)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE43E2 #77E243

analogous

#5E43E2 #AE43E2 #E243C7

triadic

#AE43E2 #E2AE43 #43E2AE

tetradic

#AE43E2 #E25E43 #77E243 #43C7E2

square

#AE43E2 #E25E43 #77E243 #43C7E2

split-complementary

#AE43E2 #C7E243 #43E25E

monochromatic

#6B1794 #911FC9 #AE43E2 #C578EA #DCADF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AE43E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AE43E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE43E2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE43E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE43E2	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3179DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae43e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.235 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb80ec',
    500: '#ae43e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae43e2;
$custom-light: #cb80ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae43e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.377,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59956,
    "c": 0.2353,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE43E2

secondary

#B5E1A0

accent

#F03874

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE43E2

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

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