#AE55A2#AE55A2

#AE55A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.151 H 332.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55A2
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(308, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 46.73, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 53.21, 331.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1337 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.151 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2256, 18.1061, 36.2362)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55A2 #55AE61

analogous

#8D55AE #AE55A2 #AE5575

triadic

#AE55A2 #A2AE55 #55A2AE

tetradic

#AE55A2 #AE8D55 #55AE61 #5575AE

square

#AE55A2 #AE8D55 #55AE61 #5575AE

split-complementary

#AE55A2 #75AE55 #55AE8D

monochromatic

#5D2C56 #86407D #AE55A2 #C27EB9 #D5A8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#AE55A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#AE55A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55A2

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55A2	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.151 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c888bd',
    500: '#ae55a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55a2;
$custom-light: #c888bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.09,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58492,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55A2

secondary

#9CC3A1

accent

#CB6B5C

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F6

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55A2

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

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