#AE48DB#AE48DB

#AE48DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.223 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48DB
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 63.67, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 85.62, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1537 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.223 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5569, 18.7489, 68.9080)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48DB #75DB48

analogous

#6548DB #AE48DB #DB48BE

triadic

#AE48DB #DBAE48 #48DBAE

tetradic

#AE48DB #DB6548 #75DB48 #48BEDB

square

#AE48DB #DB6548 #75DB48 #48BEDB

split-complementary

#AE48DB #BEDB48 #48DB65

monochromatic

#6A1C8D #9126C0 #AE48DB #C57BE5 #DBAEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#AE48DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#AE48DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48DB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48DB	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.223 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e7',
    500: '#ae48db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48db;
$custom-light: #ca82e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6002,
    "c": 0.22274,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48DB

secondary

#B4DDA2

accent

#EA3E73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48DB

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

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