#AE50E1#AE50E1

#AE50E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.218 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50E1
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 61.39, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 84.46, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1445 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.218 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9123, 20.1731, 73.3269)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50E1 #83E150

analogous

#6650E1 #AE50E1 #E150CB

triadic

#AE50E1 #E1AE50 #50E1AE

tetradic

#AE50E1 #E16650 #83E150 #50CBE1

square

#AE50E1 #E16650 #83E150 #50CBE1

split-complementary

#AE50E1 #CBE150 #50E166

monochromatic

#6E1B9C #9324D0 #AE50E1 #C684EA #DEB8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AE50E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AE50E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50E1

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50E1	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.218 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87eb',
    500: '#ae50e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50e1;
$custom-light: #ca87eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.897,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61318,
    "c": 0.21824,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50E1

secondary

#BEE2AA

accent

#ED3A79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50E1

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

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