#AE55DE#AE55DE

#AE55DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.208 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55DE
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 58.43, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 80.41, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.1389 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.208 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8865, 20.7704, 71.3171)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55DE #85DE55

analogous

#6955DE #AE55DE #DE55CA

triadic

#AE55DE #DEAE55 #55DEAE

tetradic

#AE55DE #DE6955 #85DE55 #55CADE

square

#AE55DE #DE6955 #85DE55 #55CADE

split-complementary

#AE55DE #CADE55 #55DE69

monochromatic

#6F1E9B #9428CE #AE55DE #C688E8 #DFBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE55DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AE55DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55DE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55DE	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A79E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4980DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.208 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae9',
    500: '#ae55de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55de;
$custom-light: #ca8ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.978,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6174,
    "c": 0.20845,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55DE

secondary

#C0E2AD

accent

#CF1657

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55DE

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

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