#AE53DD#AE53DD

#AE53DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.210 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53DD
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 59.16, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 81.00, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.1412 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.21 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5976, 20.4065, 70.5616)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53DD #82DD53

analogous

#6953DD #AE53DD #DD53C7

triadic

#AE53DD #DDAE53 #53DDAE

tetradic

#AE53DD #DD6953 #82DD53 #53C7DD

square

#AE53DD #DD6953 #82DD53 #53C7DD

split-complementary

#AE53DD #C7DD53 #53DD69

monochromatic

#6E1E98 #9328CB #AE53DD #C686E7 #DEB9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AE53DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#AE53DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53DD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53DD	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1578E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.210 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca89e8',
    500: '#ae53dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53dd;
$custom-light: #ca89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61429,
    "c": 0.2102,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53DD

secondary

#BDE1AB

accent

#EA3E78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53DD

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

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