#AE50E6#AE50E6

#AE50E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.223 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE50E6
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 62.45, -60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 86.83, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1442 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.223 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6044, 20.4499, 76.9719)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE50E6 #88E650

analogous

#6350E6 #AE50E6 #E650D3

triadic

#AE50E6 #E6AE50 #50E6AE

tetradic

#AE50E6 #E66350 #88E650 #50D3E6

square

#AE50E6 #E66350 #88E650 #50D3E6

split-complementary

#AE50E6 #D3E650 #50E663

monochromatic

#7017A4 #941FDA #AE50E6 #C786EE #E0BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AE50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AE50E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE50E6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE50E6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.223 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ef',
    500: '#ae50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae50e6;
$custom-light: #ca87ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6164,
    "c": 0.2232,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE50E6

secondary

#C2E5AC

accent

#D70E59

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE50E6

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

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