#AE4EA5#AE4EA5

#AE4EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.165 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4EA5
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(306, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 50.69, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 58.41, 330.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1442 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.165 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9713, 17.1658, 37.4828)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4EA5 #4EAE57

analogous

#874EAE #AE4EA5 #AE4E75

triadic

#AE4EA5 #A5AE4E #4EA5AE

tetradic

#AE4EA5 #AE874E #4EAE57 #4E75AE

square

#AE4EA5 #AE874E #4EAE57 #4E75AE

split-complementary

#AE4EA5 #75AE4E #4EAE87

monochromatic

#592855 #843B7D #AE4EA5 #C277BB #D5A1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AE4EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AE4EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4EA5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4EA5	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.165 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c984c0',
    500: '#ae4ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ea5;
$custom-light: #c984c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57682,
    "c": 0.16454,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4EA5

secondary

#96C29A

accent

#CE655A

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9EFF7

border

#D2CAD0

text

#130B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4EA5

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

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