#AE51E7#AE51E7

#AE51E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.223 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E7
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 64.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 62.21, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 86.80, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.143 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.223 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8190, 20.6537, 77.7381)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E7 #8AE751

analogous

#6351E7 #AE51E7 #E751D5

triadic

#AE51E7 #E7AE51 #51E7AE

tetradic

#AE51E7 #E76351 #8AE751 #51D5E7

square

#AE51E7 #E76351 #8AE751 #51D5E7

split-complementary

#AE51E7 #D5E751 #51E763

monochromatic

#7017A7 #941EDC #AE51E7 #C787EE #E0BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AE51E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#AE51E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E7

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E7	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.223 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ef',
    500: '#ae51e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e7;
$custom-light: #ca88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61822,
    "c": 0.22289,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E7

secondary

#C3E6AE

accent

#D80E5A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E7

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

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