#AE51BE#AE51BE

#AE51BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.183 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51BE
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 53.83, -40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 67.60, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.143 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.183 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6912, 18.6026, 50.7319)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51BE #61BE51

analogous

#7751BE #AE51BE #BE5197

triadic

#AE51BE #BEAE51 #51BEAE

tetradic

#AE51BE #BE7751 #61BE51 #5197BE

square

#AE51BE #BE7751 #61BE51 #5197BE

split-complementary

#AE51BE #97BE51 #51BE77

monochromatic

#62286C #8B3999 #AE51BE #C37ECF #D7AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE51BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51BE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51BE	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C71C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.183 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987d2',
    500: '#ae51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51be;
$custom-light: #c987d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.193,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51BE

secondary

#A5CD9E

accent

#D55366

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51BE

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

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