#AE46E5#AE46E5

#AE46E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.235 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE46E5
RGB	rgb(174, 70, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 69.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 66.56, -62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 91.21, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1548 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.235 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7859, 19.0370, 76.0083)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE46E5 #7DE546

analogous

#5E46E5 #AE46E5 #E546CC

triadic

#AE46E5 #E5AE46 #46E5AE

tetradic

#AE46E5 #E55E46 #7DE546 #46CCE5

square

#AE46E5 #E55E46 #7DE546 #46CCE5

split-complementary

#AE46E5 #CCE546 #46E55E

monochromatic

#6D169B #931DD0 #AE46E5 #C57CED #DDB1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AE46E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AE46E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE46E5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE46E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE46E5	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae46e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 70, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.235 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb82ee',
    500: '#ae46e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae46e5;
$custom-light: #cb82ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae46e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.245,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60465,
    "c": 0.2346,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE46E5

secondary

#BAE3A4

accent

#F23677

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE46E5

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

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