#AE50E0#AE50E0

#AE50E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.217 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50E0
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 61.18, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 83.99, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1446 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.217 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7763, 20.1186, 72.6106)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50E0 #82E050

analogous

#6650E0 #AE50E0 #E050CA

triadic

#AE50E0 #E0AE50 #50E0AE

tetradic

#AE50E0 #E06650 #82E050 #50CAE0

square

#AE50E0 #E06650 #82E050 #50CAE0

split-complementary

#AE50E0 #CAE050 #50E066

monochromatic

#6E1B9A #9325CE #AE50E0 #C684E9 #DEB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AE50E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AE50E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50E0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50E0	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.217 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ea',
    500: '#ae50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50e0;
$custom-light: #ca87ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.21725,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50E0

secondary

#BDE2AA

accent

#ED3B79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50E0

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

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