#AE48E1#AE48E1

#AE48E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.228 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48E1
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 68%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 64.90, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 88.41, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1532 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.228 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3611, 19.0705, 73.1432)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48E1 #7BE148

analogous

#6148E1 #AE48E1 #E148C7

triadic

#AE48E1 #E1AE48 #48E1AE

tetradic

#AE48E1 #E16148 #7BE148 #48C7E1

square

#AE48E1 #E16148 #7BE148 #48C7E1

split-complementary

#AE48E1 #C7E148 #48E161

monochromatic

#6C1996 #9221CB #AE48E1 #C57DEA #DDB1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AE48E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AE48E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48E1

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48E1	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8688F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.228 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83eb',
    500: '#ae48e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48e1;
$custom-light: #ca83eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60411,
    "c": 0.22842,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48E1

secondary

#B8E1A4

accent

#EF3976

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48E1

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

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