#AE45C9#AE45C9

#AE45C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.210 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45C9
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 201)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 61.37, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 78.79, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1578 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.21 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1249, 17.4733, 57.0329)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45C9 #60C945

analogous

#6C45C9 #AE45C9 #C945A2

triadic

#AE45C9 #C9AE45 #45C9AE

tetradic

#AE45C9 #C96C45 #60C945 #45A2C9

square

#AE45C9 #C96C45 #60C945 #45A2C9

split-complementary

#AE45C9 #A2C945 #45C96C

monochromatic

#622172 #8A2FA2 #AE45C9 #C374D7 #D7A4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AE45C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AE45C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE45C9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE45C9	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#156DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.210 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca80da',
    500: '#ae45c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45c9;
$custom-light: #ca80da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58566,
    "c": 0.20984,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45C9

secondary

#A4D198

accent

#DE4968

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45C9

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

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