#AE51D8#AE51D8

#AE51D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.208 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51D8
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 59.05, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 79.68, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1437 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.208 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7906, 19.8424, 67.0551)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51D8 #7BD851

analogous

#6A51D8 #AE51D8 #D851BF

triadic

#AE51D8 #D8AE51 #51D8AE

tetradic

#AE51D8 #D86A51 #7BD851 #51BFD8

square

#AE51D8 #D86A51 #7BD851 #51BFD8

split-complementary

#AE51D8 #BFD851 #51D86A

monochromatic

#6C208F #922BC1 #AE51D8 #C583E3 #DDB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AE51D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE51D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51D8

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51D8	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A76DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.208 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87e5',
    500: '#ae51d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51d8;
$custom-light: #ca87e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60875,
    "c": 0.20797,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51D8

secondary

#B8DDA8

accent

#E64175

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51D8

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

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