#AE49E2#AE49E2

#AE49E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.228 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE49E2
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 64.68, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 88.40, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.152 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.228 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5630, 19.2556, 73.8854)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE49E2 #7DE249

analogous

#6149E2 #AE49E2 #E249C9

triadic

#AE49E2 #E2AE49 #49E2AE

tetradic

#AE49E2 #E26149 #7DE249 #49C9E2

square

#AE49E2 #E26149 #7DE249 #49C9E2

split-complementary

#AE49E2 #C9E249 #49E261

monochromatic

#6D1898 #9321CD #AE49E2 #C57EEA #DDB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#AE49E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#AE49E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE49E2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE49E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE49E2	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae49e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.228 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca83ec',
    500: '#ae49e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae49e2;
$custom-light: #ca83ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae49e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.608,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60586,
    "c": 0.22815,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE49E2

secondary

#BAE2A5

accent

#EF3977

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE49E2

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

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