#AE55DF#AE55DF

#AE55DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.209 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55DF
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 61.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 58.64, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 80.89, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1388 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.209 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0209, 20.8242, 72.0250)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55DF #86DF55

analogous

#6955DF #AE55DF #DF55CB

triadic

#AE55DF #DFAE55 #55DFAE

tetradic

#AE55DF #DF6955 #86DF55 #55CBDF

square

#AE55DF #DF6955 #86DF55 #55CBDF

split-complementary

#AE55DF #CBDF55 #55DF69

monochromatic

#6F1D9C #9427D0 #AE55DF #C789E9 #DFBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE55DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AE55DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55DF

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55DF	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4880DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.209 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aea',
    500: '#ae55df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55df;
$custom-light: #ca8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.696,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61802,
    "c": 0.20947,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55DF

secondary

#C0E2AE

accent

#D01558

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55DF

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

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