#AE45E1#AE45E1

#AE45E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.232 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45E1
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 66.15, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 89.81, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1563 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.232 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1718, 18.6921, 73.0801)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45E1 #78E145

analogous

#6045E1 #AE45E1 #E145C6

triadic

#AE45E1 #E1AE45 #45E1AE

tetradic

#AE45E1 #E16045 #78E145 #45C6E1

square

#AE45E1 #E16045 #78E145 #45C6E1

split-complementary

#AE45E1 #C6E145 #45E160

monochromatic

#6B1894 #9220C8 #AE45E1 #C57AE9 #DCAEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AE45E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AE45E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE45E1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE45E1	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.232 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb81eb',
    500: '#ae45e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45e1;
$custom-light: #cb81eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.23203,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45E1

secondary

#B6E0A2

accent

#EF3974

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45E1

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

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