#AE48CC#AE48CC

#AE48CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.209 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48CC
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 60.67, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 78.69, 320.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1544 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.209 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6705, 17.9943, 58.9727)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48CC #66CC48

analogous

#6C48CC #AE48CC #CC48A8

triadic

#AE48CC #CCAE48 #48CCAE

tetradic

#AE48CC #CC6C48 #66CC48 #48A8CC

square

#AE48CC #CC6C48 #66CC48 #48A8CC

split-complementary

#AE48CC #A8CC48 #48CC6C

monochromatic

#642178 #8C2FA8 #AE48CC #C378D9 #D8A8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AE48CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AE48CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48CC

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48CC	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#186FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.209 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82dc',
    500: '#ae48cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48cc;
$custom-light: #ca82dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.20864,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48CC

secondary

#A9D49C

accent

#E0486B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48CC

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

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