#AE51CD#AE51CD

#AE51CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.197 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51CD
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 56.79, -48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 74.51, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1437 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.197 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4158, 19.2925, 59.8147)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51CD #70CD51

analogous

#7051CD #AE51CD #CD51AE

triadic

#AE51CD #CDAE51 #51CDAE

tetradic

#AE51CD #CD7051 #70CD51 #51AECD

square

#AE51CD #CD7051 #70CD51 #51AECD

split-complementary

#AE51CD #AECD51 #51CD70

monochromatic

#68257F #9032AF #AE51CD #C481DB #DAB0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#AE51CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#AE51CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51CD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51CD	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.197 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987dd',
    500: '#ae51cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51cd;
$custom-light: #c987dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60214,
    "c": 0.19713,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51CD

secondary

#B0D7A3

accent

#DF496F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51CD

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

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