#AE48D8#AE48D8

#AE48D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.220 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48D8
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 63.06, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 84.22, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1539 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.22 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1655, 18.5923, 66.8467)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48D8 #72D848

analogous

#6648D8 #AE48D8 #D848BA

triadic

#AE48D8 #D8AE48 #48D8AE

tetradic

#AE48D8 #D86648 #72D848 #48BAD8

square

#AE48D8 #D86648 #72D848 #48BAD8

split-complementary

#AE48D8 #BAD848 #48D866

monochromatic

#691D89 #9028BB #AE48D8 #C47AE3 #DBADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE48D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48D8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48D8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.220 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e5',
    500: '#ae48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48d8;
$custom-light: #ca82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59828,
    "c": 0.21991,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48D8

secondary

#B2DBA0

accent

#E84071

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48D8

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

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