#AE51DF#AE51DF

#AE51DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.215 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51DF
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 63.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 60.51, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 83.00, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1435 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.215 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7148, 20.2121, 71.9230)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51DF #82DF51

analogous

#6751DF #AE51DF #DF51C9

triadic

#AE51DF #DFAE51 #51DFAE

tetradic

#AE51DF #DF6751 #82DF51 #51C9DF

square

#AE51DF #DF6751 #82DF51 #51C9DF

split-complementary

#AE51DF #C9DF51 #51DF67

monochromatic

#6E1C99 #9326CD #AE51DF #C685E9 #DEB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AE51DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#AE51DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51DF

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51DF	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.215 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ea',
    500: '#ae51df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51df;
$custom-light: #ca87ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.296,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6131,
    "c": 0.21492,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51DF

secondary

#BDE1AA

accent

#EC3C79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51DF

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

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