#AE48D5#AE48D5

#AE48D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.217 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48D5
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 213)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 62.46, -54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 82.84, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.154 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.217 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7812, 18.4386, 64.8228)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48D5 #6FD548

analogous

#6748D5 #AE48D5 #D548B6

triadic

#AE48D5 #D5AE48 #48D5AE

tetradic

#AE48D5 #D56748 #6FD548 #48B6D5

square

#AE48D5 #D56748 #6FD548 #48B6D5

split-complementary

#AE48D5 #B6D548 #48D567

monochromatic

#681E84 #8F2AB6 #AE48D5 #C47AE0 #DAACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#AE48D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AE48D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48D5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48D5	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.217 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e3',
    500: '#ae48d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48d5;
$custom-light: #ca82e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.21708,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48D5

secondary

#AFDA9F

accent

#E6426F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48D5

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

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