#AE55E4#AE55E4

#AE55E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.215 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55E4
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 59.72, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 83.29, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1387 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.215 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7050, 21.0978, 75.6278)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55E4 #8BE455

analogous

#6755E4 #AE55E4 #E455D2

triadic

#AE55E4 #E4AE55 #55E4AE

tetradic

#AE55E4 #E46755 #8BE455 #55D2E4

square

#AE55E4 #E46755 #8BE455 #55D2E4

split-complementary

#AE55E4 #D2E455 #55E467

monochromatic

#701AA4 #9423D9 #AE55E4 #C78AEC #E0BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AE55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#AE55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55E4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55E4	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4380E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.215 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aed',
    500: '#ae55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55e4;
$custom-light: #ca8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.343,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62115,
    "c": 0.21455,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55E4

secondary

#C4E5B0

accent

#D5115B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55E4

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

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