#AE55DB#AE55DB

#AE55DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.205 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55DB
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 57.80, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 78.98, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1389 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.205 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4880, 20.6110, 69.2183)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55DB #82DB55

analogous

#6B55DB #AE55DB #DB55C5

triadic

#AE55DB #DBAE55 #55DBAE

tetradic

#AE55DB #DB6B55 #82DB55 #55C5DB

square

#AE55DB #DB6B55 #82DB55 #55C5DB

split-complementary

#AE55DB #C5DB55 #55DB6B

monochromatic

#6E2096 #932AC8 #AE55DB #C688E6 #DEBAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#AE55DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#AE55DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55DB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55DB	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2179DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.205 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae7',
    500: '#ae55db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55db;
$custom-light: #ca8ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.851,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.20541,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55DB

secondary

#BDE0AC

accent

#E84078

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55DB

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

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