#AE45D3#AE45D3

#AE45D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.219 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45D3
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 63.33, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 83.35, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1574 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.219 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3397, 17.9592, 63.4310)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45D3 #6AD345

analogous

#6745D3 #AE45D3 #D345B1

triadic

#AE45D3 #D3AE45 #45D3AE

tetradic

#AE45D3 #D36745 #6AD345 #45B1D3

square

#AE45D3 #D36745 #6AD345 #45B1D3

split-complementary

#AE45D3 #B1D345 #45D367

monochromatic

#661E7F #8E2AB1 #AE45D3 #C476DF #D9A8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AE45D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#AE45D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE45D3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE45D3	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4478D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.219 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca80e1',
    500: '#ae45d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45d3;
$custom-light: #ca80e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.366,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59185,
    "c": 0.21903,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45D3

secondary

#ACD89C

accent

#E5436D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45D3

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

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