#AE50E2#AE50E2

#AE50E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.219 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50E2
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 61.60, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 84.93, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1445 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.219 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0491, 20.2278, 74.0475)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50E2 #84E250

analogous

#6550E2 #AE50E2 #E250CD

triadic

#AE50E2 #E2AE50 #50E2AE

tetradic

#AE50E2 #E26550 #84E250 #50CDE2

square

#AE50E2 #E26550 #84E250 #50CDE2

split-complementary

#AE50E2 #CDE250 #50E265

monochromatic

#6F1A9E #9423D2 #AE50E2 #C684EB #DFB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AE50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AE50E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50E2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50E2	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.219 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ec',
    500: '#ae50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50e2;
$custom-light: #ca87ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61382,
    "c": 0.21923,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50E2

secondary

#BFE3AB

accent

#EE397A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50E2

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

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