#AE51BD#AE51BD

#AE51BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.182 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51BD
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(292, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 53.64, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 67.14, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.143 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.182 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5823, 18.5591, 50.1583)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51BD #60BD51

analogous

#7851BD #AE51BD #BD5196

triadic

#AE51BD #BDAE51 #51BDAE

tetradic

#AE51BD #BD7851 #60BD51 #5196BD

square

#AE51BD #BD7851 #60BD51 #5196BD

split-complementary

#AE51BD #96BD51 #51BD78

monochromatic

#62296B #8A3997 #AE51BD #C37DCE #D7AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AE51BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AE51BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51BD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51BD	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D71C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.182 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987d1',
    500: '#ae51bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51bd;
$custom-light: #c987d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59308,
    "c": 0.18166,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51BD

secondary

#A4CC9E

accent

#D55365

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51BD

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

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