#AE51BB#AE51BB

#AE51BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.180 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51BB
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 53.26, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 66.24, 323.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1428 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.18 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3667, 18.4728, 49.0228)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51BB #5EBB51

analogous

#7951BB #AE51BB #BB5193

triadic

#AE51BB #BBAE51 #51BBAE

tetradic

#AE51BB #BB7951 #5EBB51 #5193BB

square

#AE51BB #BB7951 #5EBB51 #5193BB

split-complementary

#AE51BB #93BB51 #51BB79

monochromatic

#612969 #8A3A95 #AE51BB #C27DCC #D7A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AE51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AE51BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51BB

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51BB	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F70BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.180 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987d0',
    500: '#ae51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51bb;
$custom-light: #c987d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.642,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.592,
    "c": 0.17976,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51BB

secondary

#A3CB9D

accent

#D45464

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51BB

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

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