#AE55E7#AE55E7

#AE55E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.218 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55E7
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 60.36, -59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 84.73, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1386 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.218 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1250, 21.2658, 77.8402)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55E7 #8EE755

analogous

#6555E7 #AE55E7 #E755D7

triadic

#AE55E7 #E7AE55 #55E7AE

tetradic

#AE55E7 #E76555 #8EE755 #55D7E7

square

#AE55E7 #E76555 #8EE755 #55D7E7

split-complementary

#AE55E7 #D7E755 #55E765

monochromatic

#7118AA #9420DF #AE55E7 #C88BEF #E1C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AE55E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AE55E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55E7

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55E7	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4080E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.218 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aef',
    500: '#ae55e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55e7;
$custom-light: #ca8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.575,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.21761,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55E7

secondary

#C6E7B1

accent

#D70E5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55E7

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

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