#AE53E2#AE53E2

#AE53E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.215 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53E2
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 63.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 60.22, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 83.38, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.1411 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.215 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2737, 20.6769, 74.1223)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53E2 #87E253

analogous

#6653E2 #AE53E2 #E253CE

triadic

#AE53E2 #E2AE53 #53E2AE

tetradic

#AE53E2 #E26653 #87E253 #53CEE2

square

#AE53E2 #E26653 #87E253 #53CEE2

split-complementary

#AE53E2 #CEE253 #53E266

monochromatic

#6F1BA0 #9424D4 #AE53E2 #C787EB #DFBCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AE53E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#AE53E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53E2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53E2	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.215 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca89ec',
    500: '#ae53e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53e2;
$custom-light: #ca89ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61742,
    "c": 0.21524,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53E2

secondary

#C1E4AD

accent

#D31258

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53E2

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

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