#AE55AE#AE55AE

#AE55AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.161 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55AE
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 48.87, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 58.23, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1358 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.161 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3436, 18.5533, 42.1244)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55AE #55AE55

analogous

#8155AE #AE55AE #AE5581

triadic

#AE55AE #AEAE55 #55AEAE

tetradic

#AE55AE #AE8155 #55AE55 #5581AE

square

#AE55AE #AE8155 #55AE55 #5581AE

split-complementary

#AE55AE #81AE55 #55AE81

monochromatic

#5D2C5D #864086 #AE55AE #C27EC2 #D5A8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AE55AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AE55AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55AE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55AE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D70B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.161 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c889c6',
    500: '#ae55ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55ae;
$custom-light: #c889c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59064,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55AE

secondary

#9CC39C

accent

#CB5C5C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55AE

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

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