#AE48E8#AE48E8

#AE48E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.235 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48E8
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 69%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 66.35, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 91.68, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1525 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.235 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3356, 19.4604, 78.2757)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48E8 #82E848

analogous

#5E48E8 #AE48E8 #E848D2

triadic

#AE48E8 #E8AE48 #48E8AE

tetradic

#AE48E8 #E85E48 #82E848 #48D2E8

square

#AE48E8 #E85E48 #82E848 #48D2E8

split-complementary

#AE48E8 #D2E848 #48E85E

monochromatic

#6E14A1 #931BD8 #AE48E8 #C67EEF #DEB5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AE48E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#AE48E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48E8

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48E8	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.235 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb83f0',
    500: '#ae48e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48e8;
$custom-light: #cb83f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60878,
    "c": 0.23507,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48E8

secondary

#BDE5A7

accent

#F43479

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48E8

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

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