#AE51CE#AE51CE

#AE51CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.198 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51CE
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 57.00, -48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 74.98, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1437 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.198 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5369, 19.3409, 60.4525)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51CE #71CE51

analogous

#7051CE #AE51CE #CE51B0

triadic

#AE51CE #CEAE51 #51CEAE

tetradic

#AE51CE #CE7051 #71CE51 #51B0CE

square

#AE51CE #CE7051 #71CE51 #51B0CE

split-complementary

#AE51CE #B0CE51 #51CE70

monochromatic

#692480 #9032B0 #AE51CE #C481DB #DAB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AE51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#AE51CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51CE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51CE	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.198 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987dd',
    500: '#ae51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51ce;
$custom-light: #c987dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60273,
    "c": 0.19811,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51CE

secondary

#B1D7A4

accent

#DF486F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51CE

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

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