#AE55CC#AE55CC

#AE55CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.190 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55CC
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 54.69, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 71.87, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1387 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.19 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6015, 19.8564, 59.2831)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55CC #73CC55

analogous

#7355CC #AE55CC #CC55AF

triadic

#AE55CC #CCAE55 #55CCAE

tetradic

#AE55CC #CC7355 #73CC55 #55AFCC

square

#AE55CC #CC7355 #73CC55 #55AFCC

split-complementary

#AE55CC #AFCC55 #55CC73

monochromatic

#6A2680 #9035AF #AE55CC #C484DA #DBB3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AE55CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE55CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55CC

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55CC	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3676D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.190 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c989dc',
    500: '#ae55cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55cc;
$custom-light: #c989dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.874,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60667,
    "c": 0.19029,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55CC

secondary

#B2D7A6

accent

#DD4B70

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55CC

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

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