#AE55E9#AE55E9

#AE55E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.220 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55E9
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 60.80, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 85.69, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1384 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.22 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4091, 21.3795, 79.3363)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55E9 #90E955

analogous

#6455E9 #AE55E9 #E955DA

triadic

#AE55E9 #E9AE55 #55E9AE

tetradic

#AE55E9 #E96455 #90E955 #55DAE9

square

#AE55E9 #E96455 #90E955 #55DAE9

split-complementary

#AE55E9 #DAE955 #55E964

monochromatic

#7116AD #941FE2 #AE55E9 #C88BF0 #E2C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AE55E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AE55E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55E9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55E9	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E81E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.220 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af1',
    500: '#ae55e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55e9;
$custom-light: #ca8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.21964,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55E9

secondary

#C7E8B2

accent

#D90C5E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55E9

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

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