#AE48DC#AE48DC

#AE48DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.224 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48DC
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 63.87, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 86.08, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1536 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.224 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6890, 18.8017, 69.6034)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48DC #76DC48

analogous

#6448DC #AE48DC #DC48C0

triadic

#AE48DC #DCAE48 #48DCAE

tetradic

#AE48DC #DC6448 #76DC48 #48C0DC

square

#AE48DC #DC6448 #76DC48 #48C0DC

split-complementary

#AE48DC #C0DC48 #48DC64

monochromatic

#6B1B8E #9125C2 #AE48DC #C57BE6 #DBAFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AE48DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#AE48DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48DC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48DC	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.224 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e8',
    500: '#ae48dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48dc;
$custom-light: #ca82e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60085,
    "c": 0.22369,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48DC

secondary

#B5DEA2

accent

#EB3D73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48DC

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

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