#AE53E4#AE53E4

#AE53E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.217 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53E4
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 60.65, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 84.34, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.141 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.217 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5497, 20.7874, 75.5761)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53E4 #89E453

analogous

#6553E4 #AE53E4 #E453D1

triadic

#AE53E4 #E4AE53 #53E4AE

tetradic

#AE53E4 #E46553 #89E453 #53D1E4

square

#AE53E4 #E46553 #89E453 #53D1E4

split-complementary

#AE53E4 #D1E453 #53E465

monochromatic

#701AA3 #9422D8 #AE53E4 #C788EC #E0BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE53E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AE53E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53E4

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53E4	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.217 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca89ed',
    500: '#ae53e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53e4;
$custom-light: #ca89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.655,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61869,
    "c": 0.21725,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53E4

secondary

#C2E5AE

accent

#D5115A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53E4

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

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