#AE48B8#AE48B8

#AE48B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.190 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48B8
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 184)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 60.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 56.86, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 69.69, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.154 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.19 324)
XYZ	xyz(28.4239, 17.0957, 47.1407)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48B8 #52B848

analogous

#7648B8 #AE48B8 #B8488A

triadic

#AE48B8 #B8AE48 #48B8AE

tetradic

#AE48B8 #B87648 #52B848 #488AB8

square

#AE48B8 #B87648 #52B848 #488AB8

split-complementary

#AE48B8 #8AB848 #48B876

monochromatic

#5B2560 #85368C #AE48B8 #C274C9 #D5A0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AE48B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AE48B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE48B8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE48B8	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A77B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.190 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c981ce',
    500: '#ae48b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48b8;
$custom-light: #c981ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.643,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.19031,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.17094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48B8

secondary

#99C795

accent

#D4545F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140B13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48B8

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

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