#AE51C8#AE51C8

#AE51C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.192 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51C8
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 55.79, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 72.19, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1436 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.192 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8219, 19.0549, 56.6868)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51C8 #6BC851

analogous

#7351C8 #AE51C8 #C851A6

triadic

#AE51C8 #C8AE51 #51C8AE

tetradic

#AE51C8 #C87351 #6BC851 #51A6C8

square

#AE51C8 #C87351 #6BC851 #51A6C8

split-complementary

#AE51C8 #A6C851 #51C873

monochromatic

#672679 #8E35A7 #AE51C8 #C480D7 #D9AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AE51C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AE51C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51C8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51C8	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3373CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.192 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987d9',
    500: '#ae51c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51c8;
$custom-light: #c987d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.891,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59924,
    "c": 0.19224,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51C8

secondary

#ACD3A1

accent

#DB4C6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51C8

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

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