#AE51BF#AE51BF

#AE51BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.184 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51BF
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 57.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 54.03, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 68.05, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1431 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.184 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8009, 18.6465, 51.3095)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51BF #62BF51

analogous

#7751BF #AE51BF #BF5199

triadic

#AE51BF #BFAE51 #51BFAE

tetradic

#AE51BF #BF7751 #62BF51 #5199BF

square

#AE51BF #BF7751 #62BF51 #5199BF

split-complementary

#AE51BF #99BF51 #51BF77

monochromatic

#63286D #8B399A #AE51BF #C37ECF #D8AAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AE51BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AE51BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51BF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51BF	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B71C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.184 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987d3',
    500: '#ae51bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51bf;
$custom-light: #c987d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59418,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51BF

secondary

#A6CE9E

accent

#D65266

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#130C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51BF

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

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