#AE51E8#AE51E8

#AE51E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.224 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E8
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 62.42, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 87.28, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.143 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.224 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9606, 20.7104, 78.4841)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E8 #8BE851

analogous

#6351E8 #AE51E8 #E851D6

triadic

#AE51E8 #E8AE51 #51E8AE

tetradic

#AE51E8 #E86351 #8BE851 #51D6E8

square

#AE51E8 #E86351 #8BE851 #51D6E8

split-complementary

#AE51E8 #D6E851 #51E863

monochromatic

#7016A8 #941DDE #AE51E8 #C787EF #E0BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#AE51E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#AE51E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E8

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E8	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.224 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88f0',
    500: '#ae51e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e8;
$custom-light: #ca88f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.954,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61888,
    "c": 0.22389,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E8

secondary

#C4E7AE

accent

#D90D5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E8

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

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