#AE4DC9#AE4DC9

#AE4DC9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.199 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4DC9
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 61.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 57.85, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 74.77, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1485 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.199 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6506, 18.5247, 57.2081)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4DC9 #68C94D

analogous

#704DC9 #AE4DC9 #C94DA6

triadic

#AE4DC9 #C9AE4D #4DC9AE

tetradic

#AE4DC9 #C9704D #68C94D #4DA6C9

square

#AE4DC9 #C9704D #68C94D #4DA6C9

split-complementary

#AE4DC9 #A6C94D #4DC970

monochromatic

#652477 #8D32A6 #AE4DC9 #C37CD7 #D9ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AE4DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AE4DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4DC9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4DC9	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A71CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.199 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c985da',
    500: '#ae4dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4dc9;
$custom-light: #c985da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.935,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59488,
    "c": 0.19896,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4DC9

secondary

#AAD39F

accent

#DD4B6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4DC9

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

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