#AE50E5#AE50E5

#AE50E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.222 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50E5
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 62.24, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 86.36, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1443 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.222 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4644, 20.3939, 76.2344)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50E5 #87E550

analogous

#6350E5 #AE50E5 #E550D2

triadic

#AE50E5 #E5AE50 #50E5AE

tetradic

#AE50E5 #E56350 #87E550 #50D2E5

square

#AE50E5 #E56350 #87E550 #50D2E5

split-complementary

#AE50E5 #D2E550 #50E563

monochromatic

#6F18A2 #9420D8 #AE50E5 #C785ED #DFBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AE50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#AE50E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50E5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50E5	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.222 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ee',
    500: '#ae50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50e5;
$custom-light: #ca87ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.852,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61575,
    "c": 0.2222,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50E5

secondary

#C1E5AC

accent

#D60F59

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50E5

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

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