#AE4AC9#AE4AC9

#AE4AC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.203 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4AC9
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 59.20, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 76.31, 320.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1521 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.203 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4455, 18.1146, 57.1398)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4AC9 #65C94A

analogous

#6F4AC9 #AE4AC9 #C94AA5

triadic

#AE4AC9 #C9AE4A #4AC9AE

tetradic

#AE4AC9 #C96F4A #65C94A #4AA5C9

square

#AE4AC9 #C96F4A #65C94A #4AA5C9

split-complementary

#AE4AC9 #A5C94A #4AC96F

monochromatic

#642376 #8C31A5 #AE4AC9 #C379D7 #D8A8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#AE4AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#AE4AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4AC9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4AC9	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5179C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.203 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983da',
    500: '#ae4ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ac9;
$custom-light: #c983da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.244,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.20314,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4AC9

secondary

#A8D29C

accent

#DD4A6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4AC9

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

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