#AE53DB#AE53DB

#AE53DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.208 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53DB
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 58.74, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 80.05, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1413 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.208 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3328, 20.3006, 69.1666)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53DB #80DB53

analogous

#6A53DB #AE53DB #DB53C4

triadic

#AE53DB #DBAE53 #53DBAE

tetradic

#AE53DB #DB6A53 #80DB53 #53C4DB

square

#AE53DB #DB6A53 #80DB53 #53C4DB

split-complementary

#AE53DB #C4DB53 #53DB6A

monochromatic

#6E1F95 #932AC7 #AE53DB #C686E6 #DEB8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AE53DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AE53DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53DB

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53DB	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.208 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88e7',
    500: '#ae53db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53db;
$custom-light: #ca88e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.147,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.2082,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53DB

secondary

#BCDFAA

accent

#E83F77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53DB

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

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