#AE53D7#AE53D7

#AE53D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.204 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53D7
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 61.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 57.90, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 78.15, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1413 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.204 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8125, 20.0925, 66.4266)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53D7 #7CD753

analogous

#6C53D7 #AE53D7 #D753BE

triadic

#AE53D7 #D7AE53 #53D7AE

tetradic

#AE53D7 #D76C53 #7CD753 #53BED7

square

#AE53D7 #D76C53 #7CD753 #53BED7

split-complementary

#AE53D7 #BED753 #53D76C

monochromatic

#6D218E #922DC0 #AE53D7 #C585E3 #DDB6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AE53D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AE53D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53D7

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53D7	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2277DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.204 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c988e4',
    500: '#ae53d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53d7;
$custom-light: #c988e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.364,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61061,
    "c": 0.20419,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53D7

secondary

#B9DDA9

accent

#E54275

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53D7

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

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