#AE45D5#AE45D5

#AE45D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.221 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45D5
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 63.73, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 84.27, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1573 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.221 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5920, 18.0601, 64.7597)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45D5 #6CD545

analogous

#6645D5 #AE45D5 #D545B4

triadic

#AE45D5 #D5AE45 #45D5AE

tetradic

#AE45D5 #D56645 #6CD545 #45B4D5

square

#AE45D5 #D56645 #6CD545 #45B4D5

split-complementary

#AE45D5 #B4D545 #45D566

monochromatic

#671D82 #8E29B4 #AE45D5 #C477E0 #D9A9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#AE45D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AE45D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE45D5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE45D5	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4279D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.221 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81e3',
    500: '#ae45d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45d5;
$custom-light: #ca81e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59312,
    "c": 0.22088,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45D5

secondary

#ADD99D

accent

#E6426E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45D5

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

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