#AE48D9#AE48D9

#AE48D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.221 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48D9
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 66.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 63.26, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 84.69, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1538 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.221 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2952, 18.6442, 67.5297)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48D9 #73D948

analogous

#6648D9 #AE48D9 #D948BC

triadic

#AE48D9 #D9AE48 #48D9AE

tetradic

#AE48D9 #D96648 #73D948 #48BCD9

square

#AE48D9 #D96648 #73D948 #48BCD9

split-complementary

#AE48D9 #BCD948 #48D966

monochromatic

#6A1D8A #9027BD #AE48D9 #C47BE4 #DBADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AE48D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AE48D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48D9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48D9	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.221 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e5',
    500: '#ae48d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48d9;
$custom-light: #ca82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.207,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59892,
    "c": 0.22085,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48D9

secondary

#B2DCA1

accent

#E93F71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48D9

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

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