#AE48D1#AE48D1

#AE48D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.213 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48D1
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 209)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 61.66, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 80.99, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1542 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.213 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2798, 18.2380, 62.1818)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48D1 #6BD148

analogous

#6A48D1 #AE48D1 #D148AF

triadic

#AE48D1 #D1AE48 #48D1AE

tetradic

#AE48D1 #D16A48 #6BD148 #48AFD1

square

#AE48D1 #D16A48 #6BD148 #48AFD1

split-complementary

#AE48D1 #AFD148 #48D16A

monochromatic

#67207F #8E2CB0 #AE48D1 #C479DD #D9AAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AE48D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#AE48D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48D1

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48D1	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0770D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4979CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.213 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e0',
    500: '#ae48d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48d1;
$custom-light: #ca82e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.672,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59388,
    "c": 0.21333,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48D1

secondary

#ACD79E

accent

#E3456D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48D1

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

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