#AE48DD#AE48DD

#AE48DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.225 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48DD
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 64.08, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 86.55, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1535 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.225 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8218, 18.8548, 70.3030)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48DD #77DD48

analogous

#6448DD #AE48DD #DD48C1

triadic

#AE48DD #DDAE48 #48DDAE

tetradic

#AE48DD #DD6448 #77DD48 #48C1DD

square

#AE48DD #DD6448 #77DD48 #48C1DD

split-complementary

#AE48DD #C1DD48 #48DD64

monochromatic

#6B1B90 #9124C3 #AE48DD #C57CE7 #DCAFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#AE48DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#AE48DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48DD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48DD	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.225 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca82e8',
    500: '#ae48dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48dd;
$custom-light: #ca82e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.074,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6015,
    "c": 0.22463,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48DD

secondary

#B5DEA2

accent

#EC3C74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48DD

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

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