#AE49E6#AE49E6

#AE49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.232 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE49E6
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 65.51, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 90.27, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1517 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.232 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1183, 19.4777, 76.8098)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE49E6 #81E649

analogous

#6049E6 #AE49E6 #E649CF

triadic

#AE49E6 #E6AE49 #49E6AE

tetradic

#AE49E6 #E66049 #81E649 #49CFE6

square

#AE49E6 #E66049 #81E649 #49CFE6

split-complementary

#AE49E6 #CFE649 #49E660

monochromatic

#6E169F #931DD5 #AE49E6 #C67FED #DEB5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AE49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#AE49E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE49E6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE49E6	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.232 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb83ef',
    500: '#ae49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae49e6;
$custom-light: #cb83ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.599,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60851,
    "c": 0.23196,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE49E6

secondary

#BDE4A7

accent

#F23579

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE49E6

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

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