#AE55E8#AE55E8

#AE55E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.219 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55E8
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, 60.58, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 85.21, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1385 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.219 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2667, 21.3225, 78.5861)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55E8 #8FE855

analogous

#6555E8 #AE55E8 #E855D8

triadic

#AE55E8 #E8AE55 #55E8AE

tetradic

#AE55E8 #E86555 #8FE855 #55D8E8

square

#AE55E8 #E86555 #8FE855 #55D8E8

split-complementary

#AE55E8 #D8E855 #55E865

monochromatic

#7117AB #941FE1 #AE55E8 #C88BEF #E1C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#AE55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#AE55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55E8

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55E8	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F81E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.219 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af0',
    500: '#ae55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55e8;
$custom-light: #ca8af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.327,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.21863,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55E8

secondary

#C7E7B1

accent

#D80D5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55E8

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

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