#AE50E4#AE50E4

#AE50E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.221 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50E4
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 64.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 62.02, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 85.88, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1443 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.221 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3252, 20.3382, 75.5012)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50E4 #86E450

analogous

#6450E4 #AE50E4 #E450D0

triadic

#AE50E4 #E4AE50 #50E4AE

tetradic

#AE50E4 #E46450 #86E450 #50D0E4

square

#AE50E4 #E46450 #86E450 #50D0E4

split-complementary

#AE50E4 #D0E450 #50E464

monochromatic

#6F19A1 #9421D6 #AE50E4 #C785EC #DFBAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#AE50E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#AE50E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50E4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50E4	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.221 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ed',
    500: '#ae50e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50e4;
$custom-light: #ca87ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6151,
    "c": 0.22121,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50E4

secondary

#C0E4AC

accent

#D51058

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50E4

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

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