#AE51CF#AE51CF

#AE51CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.199 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51CF
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 207)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 57.20, -49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 75.45, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1437 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.199 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6588, 19.3897, 61.0943)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51CF #72CF51

analogous

#6F51CF #AE51CF #CF51B1

triadic

#AE51CF #CFAE51 #51CFAE

tetradic

#AE51CF #CF6F51 #72CF51 #51B1CF

square

#AE51CF #CF6F51 #72CF51 #51B1CF

split-complementary

#AE51CF #B1CF51 #51CF6F

monochromatic

#692482 #9031B2 #AE51CF #C481DC #DBB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AE51CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#AE51CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51CF

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51CF	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A74D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.199 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987de',
    500: '#ae51cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51cf;
$custom-light: #c987de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60332,
    "c": 0.1991,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51CF

secondary

#B2D8A4

accent

#E04870

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51CF

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

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