#AE44E5#AE44E5

#AE44E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.237 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE44E5
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 70.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 67.37, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 92.12, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1568 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.237 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6629, 18.7909, 75.9673)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE44E5 #7BE544

analogous

#5D44E5 #AE44E5 #E544CC

triadic

#AE44E5 #E5AE44 #44E5AE

tetradic

#AE44E5 #E55D44 #7BE544 #44CCE5

square

#AE44E5 #E55D44 #7BE544 #44CCE5

split-complementary

#AE44E5 #CCE544 #44E55D

monochromatic

#6C1599 #921DCF #AE44E5 #C57AEC #DDAFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AE44E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#AE44E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE44E5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE44E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE44E5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae44e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.237 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb81ee',
    500: '#ae44e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae44e5;
$custom-light: #cb81ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae44e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.503,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6026,
    "c": 0.23692,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE44E5

secondary

#B8E2A2

accent

#F23676

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE44E5

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

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