#AE55DD#AE55DD

#AE55DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.207 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55DD
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 58.22, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 79.94, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1389 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.207 312)
XYZ	xyz(33.7529, 20.7170, 70.6133)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55DD #84DD55

analogous

#6A55DD #AE55DD #DD55C8

triadic

#AE55DD #DDAE55 #55DDAE

tetradic

#AE55DD #DD6A55 #84DD55 #55C8DD

square

#AE55DD #DD6A55 #84DD55 #55C8DD

split-complementary

#AE55DD #C8DD55 #55DD6A

monochromatic

#6F1F99 #9429CC #AE55DD #C688E7 #DFBBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#AE55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#AE55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55DD

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55DD	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.207 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae8',
    500: '#ae55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55dd;
$custom-light: #ca8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61679,
    "c": 0.20744,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.20716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55DD

secondary

#BFE1AD

accent

#EA3E79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55DD

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

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