#AE51D2#AE51D2

#AE51D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.202 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51D2
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 210)
HSL	hsl(283, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 61.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 57.81, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 76.85, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1438 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.202 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0290, 19.5378, 63.0443)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51D2 #75D251

analogous

#6E51D2 #AE51D2 #D251B5

triadic

#AE51D2 #D2AE51 #51D2AE

tetradic

#AE51D2 #D26E51 #75D251 #51B5D2

square

#AE51D2 #D26E51 #75D251 #51B5D2

split-complementary

#AE51D2 #B5D251 #51D26E

monochromatic

#6A2386 #912FB7 #AE51D2 #C582DF #DBB2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#AE51D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#AE51D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51D2

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51D2	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2675D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.202 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987e0',
    500: '#ae51d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51d2;
$custom-light: #c987e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.256,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6051,
    "c": 0.20204,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51D2

secondary

#B4DAA5

accent

#E24671

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51D2

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

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