#AE51E3#AE51E3

#AE51E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.219 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E3
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 61.36, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 84.90, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1433 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.219 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2605, 20.4304, 74.7968)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E3 #86E351

analogous

#6551E3 #AE51E3 #E351CF

triadic

#AE51E3 #E3AE51 #51E3AE

tetradic

#AE51E3 #E36551 #86E351 #51CFE3

square

#AE51E3 #E36551 #86E351 #51CFE3

split-complementary

#AE51E3 #CFE351 #51E365

monochromatic

#6F1AA0 #9422D5 #AE51E3 #C786EB #DFBAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AE51E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AE51E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E3	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.219 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ec',
    500: '#ae51e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e3;
$custom-light: #ca88ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.219,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61565,
    "c": 0.21891,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E3

secondary

#C0E4AC

accent

#D41158

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E3

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

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