#AE45E8#AE45E8

#AE45E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.239 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE45E8
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 70.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 67.59, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 93.06, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1554 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.239 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1464, 19.0819, 78.2127)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE45E8 #7FE845

analogous

#5D45E8 #AE45E8 #E845D1

triadic

#AE45E8 #E8AE45 #45E8AE

tetradic

#AE45E8 #E85D45 #7FE845 #45D1E8

square

#AE45E8 #E85D45 #7FE845 #45D1E8

split-complementary

#AE45E8 #D1E845 #45E85D

monochromatic

#6D149F #931AD5 #AE45E8 #C67BEF #DDB2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AE45E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#AE45E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE45E8

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE45E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE45E8	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae45e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.239 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb81f0',
    500: '#ae45e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae45e8;
$custom-light: #cb81f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae45e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.65,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60565,
    "c": 0.23858,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE45E8

secondary

#BBE4A4

accent

#F43378

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE45E8

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

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