#AE55BB#AE55BB

#AE55BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.174 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55BB
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 51.32, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 64.00, 323.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1375 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.174 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6728, 19.0849, 49.1248)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55BB #62BB55

analogous

#7B55BB #AE55BB #BB5595

triadic

#AE55BB #BBAE55 #55BBAE

tetradic

#AE55BB #BB7B55 #62BB55 #5595BB

square

#AE55BB #BB7B55 #62BB55 #5595BB

split-complementary

#AE55BB #95BB55 #55BB7B

monochromatic

#632B6B #8B3C97 #AE55BB #C381CC #D8ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AE55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#AE55BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55BB

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55BB	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4472BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.174 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c889d0',
    500: '#ae55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55bb;
$custom-light: #c889d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59729,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55BB

secondary

#A6CCA0

accent

#D35565

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55BB

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

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