#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
RGBrgb(174, 80, 224)
HSLhsl(279, 70%, 60%)
HSVhsv(279, 64%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(51.97, 61.18, -57.54)
CIE-LCHlch(51.97, 83.99, 316.75°)
OKLaboklab(61.25% 0.1446 -0.1622)
OKLCHoklch(61.25% 0.217 311.7)
XYZxyz(33.7763, 20.1186, 72.6106)
Luminance0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE50E01.004.185.025.02
#FFFFFF4.181.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0221.001.001.00
##0000005.0221.001.001.00

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

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#AE50E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva