#AE48D4#AE48D4

#AE48D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.216 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48D4
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 66%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 62.26, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 82.37, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1541 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.216 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6547, 18.3880, 64.1564)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48D4 #6ED448

analogous

#6848D4 #AE48D4 #D448B4

triadic

#AE48D4 #D4AE48 #48D4AE

tetradic

#AE48D4 #D46848 #6ED448 #48B4D4

square

#AE48D4 #D46848 #6ED448 #48B4D4

split-complementary

#AE48D4 #B4D448 #48D468

monochromatic

#681F83 #8F2AB4 #AE48D4 #C47AE0 #DAABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE48D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE48D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48D4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48D4	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.216 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e2',
    500: '#ae48d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48d4;
$custom-light: #ca82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59575,
    "c": 0.21614,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48D4

secondary

#AFD99F

accent

#E5436F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48D4

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

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