#AE4ED9#AE4ED9

#AE4ED9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.213 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4ED9
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 60.62, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 81.71, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1471 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.213 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7022, 19.4582, 67.6653)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4ED9 #79D94E

analogous

#684ED9 #AE4ED9 #D94EBE

triadic

#AE4ED9 #D9AE4E #4ED9AE

tetradic

#AE4ED9 #D9684E #79D94E #4EBED9

square

#AE4ED9 #D9684E #79D94E #4EBED9

split-complementary

#AE4ED9 #BED94E #4ED968

monochromatic

#6C1F8E #9229C0 #AE4ED9 #C580E4 #DCB3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AE4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#AE4ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4ED9

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4ED9	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0875DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA698D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.213 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca86e5',
    500: '#ae4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ed9;
$custom-light: #ca86e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.439,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60576,
    "c": 0.21304,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4ED9

secondary

#B7DDA6

accent

#E84074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4ED9

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

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