#AE4EC9#AE4EC9

#AE4EC9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.198 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4EC9
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 57.39, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 74.25, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1473 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.198 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7211, 18.6658, 57.2316)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4EC9 #69C94E

analogous

#704EC9 #AE4EC9 #C94EA7

triadic

#AE4EC9 #C9AE4E #4EC9AE

tetradic

#AE4EC9 #C9704E #69C94E #4EA7C9

square

#AE4EC9 #C9704E #69C94E #4EA7C9

split-complementary

#AE4EC9 #A7C94E #4EC970

monochromatic

#662578 #8D33A7 #AE4EC9 #C37DD7 #D9ACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AE4EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AE4EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4EC9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4EC9	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C71CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.198 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c985da',
    500: '#ae4ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ec9;
$custom-light: #c985da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59609,
    "c": 0.19754,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4EC9

secondary

#ABD39F

accent

#DD4B6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4EC9

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

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