#AE51E0#AE51E0

#AE51E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.216 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E0
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 60.72, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 83.47, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1434 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.216 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8501, 20.2662, 72.6352)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E0 #83E051

analogous

#6751E0 #AE51E0 #E051CA

triadic

#AE51E0 #E0AE51 #51E0AE

tetradic

#AE51E0 #E06751 #83E051 #51CAE0

square

#AE51E0 #E06751 #83E051 #51CAE0

split-complementary

#AE51E0 #CAE051 #51E067

monochromatic

#6E1C9B #9325CF #AE51E0 #C685E9 #DEB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AE51E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AE51E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E0

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E0	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.216 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ea',
    500: '#ae51e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e0;
$custom-light: #ca87ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.021,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61374,
    "c": 0.21592,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E0

secondary

#BEE2AB

accent

#ED3B79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E0

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

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