#AE53DE#AE53DE

#AE53DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.211 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53DE
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 59.37, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 81.48, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1412 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.211 312)
XYZ	xyz(33.7312, 20.4600, 71.2653)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53DE #83DE53

analogous

#6953DE #AE53DE #DE53C8

triadic

#AE53DE #DEAE53 #53DEAE

tetradic

#AE53DE #DE6953 #83DE53 #53C8DE

square

#AE53DE #DE6953 #83DE53 #53C8DE

split-complementary

#AE53DE #C8DE53 #53DE69

monochromatic

#6E1D99 #9327CD #AE53DE #C686E8 #DEBAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#AE53DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AE53DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53DE

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53DE	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1278E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.211 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca89e9',
    500: '#ae53de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53de;
$custom-light: #ca89e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.281,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61491,
    "c": 0.21121,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.20459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53DE

secondary

#BEE1AC

accent

#EB3D79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53DE

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

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