#AE46D3#AE46D3

#AE46D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.218 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE46D3
RGB	rgb(174, 70, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 62.91, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 82.88, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1563 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.218 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4018, 18.0833, 63.4517)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE46D3 #6BD346

analogous

#6746D3 #AE46D3 #D346B2

triadic

#AE46D3 #D3AE46 #46D3AE

tetradic

#AE46D3 #D36746 #6BD346 #46B2D3

square

#AE46D3 #D36746 #6BD346 #46B2D3

split-complementary

#AE46D3 #B2D346 #46D367

monochromatic

#671E80 #8E2AB2 #AE46D3 #C477DF #D9A9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#AE46D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#AE46D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE46D3

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE46D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE46D3	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4579D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae46d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 70, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.218 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca81e1',
    500: '#ae46d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae46d3;
$custom-light: #ca81e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae46d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.255,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59293,
    "c": 0.21777,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE46D3

secondary

#ACD89D

accent

#E5436E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE46D3

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

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