#AE55D6#AE55D6

#AE55D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.200 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55D6
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 56.75, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 76.60, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1389 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.2 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8396, 20.3517, 65.8037)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55D6 #7DD655

analogous

#6D55D6 #AE55D6 #D655BD

triadic

#AE55D6 #D6AE55 #55D6AE

tetradic

#AE55D6 #D66D55 #7DD655 #55BDD6

square

#AE55D6 #D66D55 #7DD655 #55BDD6

split-complementary

#AE55D6 #BDD655 #55D66D

monochromatic

#6D228E #932EC0 #AE55D6 #C586E2 #DDB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#AE55D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#AE55D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55D6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55D6	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2978DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.200 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ae3',
    500: '#ae55d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55d6;
$custom-light: #c98ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.395,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.20035,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55D6

secondary

#BADDAA

accent

#E44475

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55D6

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

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