#AE51EE#AE51EE

#AE51EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.230 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51EE
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 66%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 63.72, -63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 90.13, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1425 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.23 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8275, 21.0571, 83.0494)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51EE #91EE51

analogous

#5F51EE #AE51EE #EE51E0

triadic

#AE51EE #EEAE51 #51EEAE

tetradic

#AE51EE #EE5F51 #91EE51 #51E0EE

square

#AE51EE #EE5F51 #91EE51 #51E0EE

split-complementary

#AE51EE #E0EE51 #51EE5F

monochromatic

#7111B3 #9419E9 #AE51EE #C889F3 #E2C1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AE51EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AE51EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51EE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51EE	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3280EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.230 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88f4',
    500: '#ae51ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51ee;
$custom-light: #cb88f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.541,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.22988,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51EE

secondary

#C8EAB1

accent

#DF075F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51EE

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

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