#AE55E0#AE55E0

#AE55E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.210 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55E0
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 58.86, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 81.37, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1388 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.21 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1561, 20.8783, 72.7372)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55E0 #87E055

analogous

#6855E0 #AE55E0 #E055CD

triadic

#AE55E0 #E0AE55 #55E0AE

tetradic

#AE55E0 #E06855 #87E055 #55CDE0

square

#AE55E0 #E06855 #87E055 #55CDE0

split-complementary

#AE55E0 #CDE055 #55E068

monochromatic

#6F1D9E #9426D2 #AE55E0 #C789E9 #DFBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AE55E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AE55E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55E0

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55E0	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.210 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aea',
    500: '#ae55e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55e0;
$custom-light: #ca8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.417,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61864,
    "c": 0.21048,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55E0

secondary

#C1E3AE

accent

#D11458

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55E0

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

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