#AE48E9#AE48E9

#AE48E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.236 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE48E9
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 66.56, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 92.15, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1524 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.236 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4780, 19.5173, 79.0259)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE48E9 #83E948

analogous

#5D48E9 #AE48E9 #E948D4

triadic

#AE48E9 #E9AE48 #48E9AE

tetradic

#AE48E9 #E95D48 #83E948 #48D4E9

square

#AE48E9 #E95D48 #83E948 #48D4E9

split-complementary

#AE48E9 #D4E948 #48E95D

monochromatic

#6E14A3 #931ADA #AE48E9 #C67FF0 #DEB5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#AE48E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#AE48E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE48E9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE48E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE48E9	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae48e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.236 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb83f1',
    500: '#ae48e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae48e9;
$custom-light: #cb83f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae48e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.012,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60945,
    "c": 0.23602,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE48E9

secondary

#BEE6A7

accent

#F5337A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE48E9

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

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