#AE50DB#AE50DB

#AE50DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.212 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50DB
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 60.13, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 81.62, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1448 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.212 313)
XYZ	xyz(33.1082, 19.8514, 69.0917)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50DB #7DDB50

analogous

#6850DB #AE50DB #DB50C2

triadic

#AE50DB #DBAE50 #50DBAE

tetradic

#AE50DB #DB6850 #7DDB50 #50C2DB

square

#AE50DB #DB6850 #7DDB50 #50C2DB

split-complementary

#AE50DB #C2DB50 #50DB68

monochromatic

#6D1E92 #9329C5 #AE50DB #C583E5 #DDB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AE50DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE50DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50DB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50DB	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C76DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.212 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87e7',
    500: '#ae50db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50db;
$custom-light: #ca87e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.576,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60939,
    "c": 0.21231,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.1985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50DB

secondary

#BADFA8

accent

#E93F76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50DB

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

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