#AE52E2#AE52E2

#AE52E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.217 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE52E2
RGB	rgb(174, 82, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 63.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 60.68, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 83.90, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.1422 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.217 311)
XYZ	xyz(34.1978, 20.5250, 74.0970)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE52E2 #86E252

analogous

#6652E2 #AE52E2 #E252CE

triadic

#AE52E2 #E2AE52 #52E2AE

tetradic

#AE52E2 #E26652 #86E252 #52CEE2

square

#AE52E2 #E26652 #86E252 #52CEE2

split-complementary

#AE52E2 #CEE252 #52E266

monochromatic

#6F1B9F #9423D3 #AE52E2 #C786EB #DFBBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#AE52E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#AE52E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE52E2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE52E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE52E2	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae52e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 82, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.217 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88ec',
    500: '#ae52e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae52e2;
$custom-light: #ca88ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae52e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61621,
    "c": 0.21658,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.20524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE52E2

secondary

#C0E3AC

accent

#D31258

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE52E2

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

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