#AE51E5#AE51E5

#AE51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.221 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E5
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 61.78, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 85.85, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1432 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.221 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5381, 20.5414, 76.2590)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E5 #88E551

analogous

#6451E5 #AE51E5 #E551D2

triadic

#AE51E5 #E5AE51 #51E5AE

tetradic

#AE51E5 #E56451 #88E551 #51D2E5

square

#AE51E5 #E56451 #88E551 #51D2E5

split-complementary

#AE51E5 #D2E551 #51E564

monochromatic

#7018A3 #9420D8 #AE51E5 #C786ED #E0BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#AE51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#AE51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.221 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ee',
    500: '#ae51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e5;
$custom-light: #ca88ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.703,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61693,
    "c": 0.2209,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E5

secondary

#C2E5AD

accent

#D60F59

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E5

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

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