#AE4EC8#AE4EC8

#AE4EC8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.197 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4EC8
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 61%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 57.19, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 73.79, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1473 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.197 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6039, 18.6189, 56.6141)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4EC8 #68C84E

analogous

#714EC8 #AE4EC8 #C84EA5

triadic

#AE4EC8 #C8AE4E #4EC8AE

tetradic

#AE4EC8 #C8714E #68C84E #4EA5C8

square

#AE4EC8 #C8714E #68C84E #4EA5C8

split-complementary

#AE4EC8 #A5C84E #4EC871

monochromatic

#652577 #8D33A5 #AE4EC8 #C37DD7 #D9ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE4EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE4EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4EC8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4EC8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.197 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c985d9',
    500: '#ae4ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ec8;
$custom-light: #c985d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59551,
    "c": 0.19659,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4EC8

secondary

#AAD39F

accent

#DC4C6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4EC8

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

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