#AE48CA#AE48CA

#AE48CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.207 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48CA
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 60.28, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 77.78, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1544 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.207 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4321, 17.8990, 57.7175)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48CA #64CA48

analogous

#6D48CA #AE48CA #CA48A5

triadic

#AE48CA #CAAE48 #48CAAE

tetradic

#AE48CA #CA6D48 #64CA48 #48A5CA

square

#AE48CA #CA6D48 #64CA48 #48A5CA

split-complementary

#AE48CA #A5CA48 #48CA6D

monochromatic

#642276 #8C30A5 #AE48CA #C377D8 #D8A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AE48CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AE48CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE48CA

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE48CA	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E79C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.207 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982db',
    500: '#ae48ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48ca;
$custom-light: #c982db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58961,
    "c": 0.20678,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48CA

secondary

#A7D39B

accent

#DE4969

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48CA

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

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