#AE49DD#AE49DD

#AE49DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.223 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE49DD
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 67%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 63.65, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 86.07, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1525 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.223 313)
XYZ	xyz(32.8870, 18.9852, 70.3247)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE49DD #78DD49

analogous

#6449DD #AE49DD #DD49C2

triadic

#AE49DD #DDAE49 #49DDAE

tetradic

#AE49DD #DD6449 #78DD49 #49C2DD

square

#AE49DD #DD6449 #78DD49 #49C2DD

split-complementary

#AE49DD #C2DD49 #49DD64

monochromatic

#6B1B91 #9225C4 #AE49DD #C57DE7 #DCB0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AE49DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AE49DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE49DD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE49DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE49DD	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae49dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.223 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83e8',
    500: '#ae49dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae49dd;
$custom-light: #ca83e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae49dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60259,
    "c": 0.22339,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.18984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE49DD

secondary

#B6DFA3

accent

#EB3C74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE49DD

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

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