#AE55AA#AE55AA

#AE55AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.158 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55AA
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 48.15, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 56.52, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1352 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.158 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9594, 18.3996, 40.1012)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55AA #55AE59

analogous

#8555AE #AE55AA #AE557D

triadic

#AE55AA #AAAE55 #55AAAE

tetradic

#AE55AA #AE8555 #55AE59 #557DAE

square

#AE55AA #AE8555 #55AE59 #557DAE

split-complementary

#AE55AA #7DAE55 #55AE85

monochromatic

#5D2C5A #864083 #AE55AA #C27EBF #D5A8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE55AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE55AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55AA

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55AA	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.158 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c889c3',
    500: '#ae55aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55aa;
$custom-light: #c889c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.697,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58869,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55AA

secondary

#9CC39D

accent

#CB615C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55AA

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

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