#AE51E6#AE51E6

#AE51E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.222 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E6
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 62.00, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 86.32, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.1431 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.222 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6782, 20.5974, 76.9965)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E6 #89E651

analogous

#6351E6 #AE51E6 #E651D3

triadic

#AE51E6 #E6AE51 #51E6AE

tetradic

#AE51E6 #E66351 #89E651 #51D3E6

square

#AE51E6 #E66351 #89E651 #51D3E6

split-complementary

#AE51E6 #D3E651 #51E663

monochromatic

#7018A5 #941FDA #AE51E6 #C787EE #E0BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#AE51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#AE51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E6

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E6	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.222 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ef',
    500: '#ae51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e6;
$custom-light: #ca88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.45,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61758,
    "c": 0.2219,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E6

secondary

#C2E5AD

accent

#D70E5A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E6

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

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