#AE53B2#AE53B2

#AE53B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.168 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53B2
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 178)
HSL	hsl(297, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 53.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 50.60, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 61.12, 325.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1392 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.168 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5841, 18.4011, 44.1570)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53B2 #57B253

analogous

#7E53B2 #AE53B2 #B25386

triadic

#AE53B2 #B2AE53 #53B2AE

tetradic

#AE53B2 #B27E53 #57B253 #5386B2

square

#AE53B2 #B27E53 #57B253 #5386B2

split-complementary

#AE53B2 #86B253 #53B27E

monochromatic

#5E2B60 #873E8A #AE53B2 #C27DC5 #D6A8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE53B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE53B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53B2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53B2	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4870B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.168 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887c9',
    500: '#ae53b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53b2;
$custom-light: #c887c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.474,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58992,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53B2

secondary

#9DC59B

accent

#CE5A5F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53B2

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

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