#AE55B2#AE55B2

#AE55B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.165 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55B2
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(297, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 49.61, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 59.98, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1364 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.165 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7393, 18.7116, 44.2088)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55B2 #59B255

analogous

#8055B2 #AE55B2 #B25588

triadic

#AE55B2 #B2AE55 #55B2AE

tetradic

#AE55B2 #B28055 #59B255 #5588B2

square

#AE55B2 #B28055 #59B255 #5588B2

split-complementary

#AE55B2 #88B255 #55B280

monochromatic

#5E2C61 #883F8B #AE55B2 #C27FC5 #D6A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AE55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AE55B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55B2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55B2	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A71B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.165 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c889c9',
    500: '#ae55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55b2;
$custom-light: #c889c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.419,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59263,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55B2

secondary

#9FC69D

accent

#CE5A5F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55B2

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

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