#AE4EE1#AE4EE1

#AE4EE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.221 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4EE1
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 65.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 62.29, -58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 85.48, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1467 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.221 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7681, 19.8845, 73.2788)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4EE1 #81E14E

analogous

#654EE1 #AE4EE1 #E14ECA

triadic

#AE4EE1 #E1AE4E #4EE1AE

tetradic

#AE4EE1 #E1654E #81E14E #4ECAE1

square

#AE4EE1 #E1654E #81E14E #4ECAE1

split-complementary

#AE4EE1 #CAE14E #4EE165

monochromatic

#6E1A9A #9323CF #AE4EE1 #C682EA #DEB7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AE4EE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#AE4EE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE4EE1

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4EE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE4EE1	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4ee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.221 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca86eb',
    500: '#ae4ee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4ee1;
$custom-light: #ca86eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4ee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61083,
    "c": 0.22086,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4EE1

secondary

#BDE2A9

accent

#EE3A78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4EE1

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

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