#AE44E2#AE44E2

#AE44E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.234 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE44E2
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 69.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 66.76, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 90.74, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1572 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.234 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2476, 18.6248, 73.7803)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE44E2 #78E244

analogous

#5F44E2 #AE44E2 #E244C7

triadic

#AE44E2 #E2AE44 #44E2AE

tetradic

#AE44E2 #E25F44 #78E244 #44C7E2

square

#AE44E2 #E25F44 #78E244 #44C7E2

split-complementary

#AE44E2 #C7E244 #44E25F

monochromatic

#6B1795 #911FCA #AE44E2 #C579EA #DCAEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AE44E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE44E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE44E2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE44E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE44E2	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8668F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae44e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.234 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb80ec',
    500: '#ae44e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae44e2;
$custom-light: #cb80ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae44e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.23414,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE44E2

secondary

#B6E1A1

accent

#F03874

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE44E2

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

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