#AE53E6#AE53E6

#AE53E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.219 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE53E6
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 61.08, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 85.29, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1409 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.219 310)
XYZ	xyz(34.8290, 20.8990, 77.0467)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE53E6 #8BE653

analogous

#6553E6 #AE53E6 #E653D4

triadic

#AE53E6 #E6AE53 #53E6AE

tetradic

#AE53E6 #E66553 #8BE653 #53D4E6

square

#AE53E6 #E66553 #8BE653 #53D4E6

split-complementary

#AE53E6 #D4E653 #53E665

monochromatic

#7018A6 #9420DC #AE53E6 #C788EE #E0BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AE53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AE53E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE53E6

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE53E6	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.219 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca89ef',
    500: '#ae53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae53e6;
$custom-light: #ca89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61997,
    "c": 0.21926,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.20898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE53E6

secondary

#C4E6AF

accent

#D70F5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE53E6

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

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