#AE53E5#AE53E5

#AE53E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.218 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53E5
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 60.86, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 84.82, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1409 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.218 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6890, 20.8430, 76.3093)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53E5 #8AE553

analogous

#6553E5 #AE53E5 #E553D3

triadic

#AE53E5 #E5AE53 #53E5AE

tetradic

#AE53E5 #E56553 #8AE553 #53D3E5

square

#AE53E5 #E56553 #8AE553 #53D3E5

split-complementary

#AE53E5 #D3E553 #53E565

monochromatic

#7019A5 #9421DA #AE53E5 #C788ED #E0BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AE53E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AE53E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53E5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53E5	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.218 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca89ee',
    500: '#ae53e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53e5;
$custom-light: #ca89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.397,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61933,
    "c": 0.21826,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53E5

secondary

#C3E5AE

accent

#D6105A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53E5

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

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