#AE48D2#AE48D2

#AE48D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.214 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48D2
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 61.86, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 81.45, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1542 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.214 316)
XYZ	xyz(31.4040, 18.2877, 62.8359)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48D2 #6CD248

analogous

#6948D2 #AE48D2 #D248B1

triadic

#AE48D2 #D2AE48 #48D2AE

tetradic

#AE48D2 #D26948 #6CD248 #48B1D2

square

#AE48D2 #D26948 #6CD248 #48B1D2

split-complementary

#AE48D2 #B1D248 #48D269

monochromatic

#672080 #8E2CB1 #AE48D2 #C479DE #D9AAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AE48D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AE48D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48D2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48D2	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0270D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4879CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.214 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e0',
    500: '#ae48d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48d2;
$custom-light: #ca82e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59451,
    "c": 0.21426,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.18287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48D2

secondary

#ADD89E

accent

#E4446E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48D2

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

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