#AE4ADE#AE4ADE

#AE4ADE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.223 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4ADE
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 63.42, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 86.05, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1513 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.223 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0868, 19.1711, 71.0505)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4ADE #7ADE4A

analogous

#644ADE #AE4ADE #DE4AC4

triadic

#AE4ADE #DEAE4A #4ADEAE

tetradic

#AE4ADE #DE644A #7ADE4A #4AC4DE

square

#AE4ADE #DE644A #7ADE4A #4AC4DE

split-complementary

#AE4ADE #C4DE4A #4ADE64

monochromatic

#6C1B93 #9224C7 #AE4ADE #C57EE7 #DCB2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#AE4ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#AE4ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4ADE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4ADE	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.223 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca84e9',
    500: '#ae4ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ade;
$custom-light: #ca84e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60435,
    "c": 0.22307,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4ADE

secondary

#B8DFA4

accent

#EC3C75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4ADE

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

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