#AE48B2#AE48B2

#AE48B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.185 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48B2
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 59.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 55.77, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 67.08, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1536 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.185 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8083, 16.8494, 43.8984)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48B2 #4CB248

analogous

#7948B2 #AE48B2 #B24881

triadic

#AE48B2 #B2AE48 #48B2AE

tetradic

#AE48B2 #B27948 #4CB248 #4881B2

square

#AE48B2 #B27948 #4CB248 #4881B2

split-complementary

#AE48B2 #81B248 #48B279

monochromatic

#59255B #833686 #AE48B2 #C371C6 #D59DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AE48B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AE48B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE48B2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE48B2	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D77AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.185 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c981c9',
    500: '#ae48b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48b2;
$custom-light: #c981c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57594,
    "c": 0.18497,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48B2

secondary

#94C492

accent

#D2565A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#130B13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48B2

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

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