#AE44C8#AE44C8

#AE44C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.210 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE44C8
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 66%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 61.60, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 78.82, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.159 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.21 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9466, 17.3044, 56.3950)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE44C8 #5EC844

analogous

#6C44C8 #AE44C8 #C844A0

triadic

#AE44C8 #C8AE44 #44C8AE

tetradic

#AE44C8 #C86C44 #5EC844 #44A0C8

square

#AE44C8 #C86C44 #5EC844 #44A0C8

split-complementary

#AE44C8 #A0C844 #44C86C

monochromatic

#612171 #8A2FA0 #AE44C8 #C273D6 #D7A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AE44C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AE44C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE44C8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE44C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE44C8	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae44c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.210 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca80d9',
    500: '#ae44c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae44c8;
$custom-light: #ca80d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae44c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58396,
    "c": 0.21022,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE44C8

secondary

#A3D197

accent

#DE4A67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE44C8

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

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