#AE51E2#AE51E2

#AE51E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.218 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E2
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 61.14, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 84.42, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1433 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.218 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1229, 20.3753, 74.0720)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E2 #85E251

analogous

#6551E2 #AE51E2 #E251CD

triadic

#AE51E2 #E2AE51 #51E2AE

tetradic

#AE51E2 #E26551 #85E251 #51CDE2

square

#AE51E2 #E26551 #85E251 #51CDE2

split-complementary

#AE51E2 #CDE251 #51E265

monochromatic

#6F1A9E #9423D3 #AE51E2 #C685EB #DFBAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#AE51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#AE51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E2	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.218 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ec',
    500: '#ae51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e2;
$custom-light: #ca88ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.483,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61501,
    "c": 0.21791,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E2

secondary

#C0E3AC

accent

#D31257

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E2

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

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