#AE45E6#AE45E6

#AE45E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.237 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45E6
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 67.17, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 92.13, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1557 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.237 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8639, 18.9689, 76.7250)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45E6 #7DE645

analogous

#5D45E6 #AE45E6 #E645CE

triadic

#AE45E6 #E6AE45 #45E6AE

tetradic

#AE45E6 #E65D45 #7DE645 #45CEE6

square

#AE45E6 #E65D45 #7DE645 #45CEE6

split-complementary

#AE45E6 #CEE645 #45E65D

monochromatic

#6D159C #931CD2 #AE45E6 #C57BED #DDB1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AE45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#AE45E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE45E6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE45E6	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.237 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb81ef',
    500: '#ae45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45e6;
$custom-light: #cb81ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60429,
    "c": 0.23671,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45E6

secondary

#BAE3A4

accent

#F33577

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45E6

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

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