#AE51D4#AE51D4

#AE51D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.204 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51D4
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 212)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 58.22, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 77.80, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1438 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.204 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2797, 19.6380, 64.3647)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51D4 #77D451

analogous

#6C51D4 #AE51D4 #D451B9

triadic

#AE51D4 #D4AE51 #51D4AE

tetradic

#AE51D4 #D46C51 #77D451 #51B9D4

square

#AE51D4 #D46C51 #77D451 #51B9D4

split-complementary

#AE51D4 #B9D451 #51D46C

monochromatic

#6B2289 #912EBA #AE51D4 #C582E0 #DCB3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#AE51D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#AE51D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51D4

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51D4	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2275D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.204 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987e2',
    500: '#ae51d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51d4;
$custom-light: #c987e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.595,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60631,
    "c": 0.20402,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51D4

secondary

#B5DBA6

accent

#E44472

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51D4

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

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