#AE51D5#AE51D5

#AE51D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.205 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51D5
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 58.42, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 78.27, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1437 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.205 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4063, 19.6887, 65.0311)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51D5 #78D551

analogous

#6C51D5 #AE51D5 #D551BA

triadic

#AE51D5 #D5AE51 #51D5AE

tetradic

#AE51D5 #D56C51 #78D551 #51BAD5

square

#AE51D5 #D56C51 #78D551 #51BAD5

split-complementary

#AE51D5 #BAD551 #51D56C

monochromatic

#6B218A #922DBC #AE51D5 #C582E1 #DCB4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AE51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#AE51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51D5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51D5	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2075D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.205 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987e2',
    500: '#ae51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51d5;
$custom-light: #c987e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60691,
    "c": 0.205,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51D5

secondary

#B6DBA6

accent

#E44473

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51D5

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

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