#AE55EA#AE55EA

#AE55EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.221 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55EA
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 234)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 63.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 61.02, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 86.17, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.1384 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.221 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5524, 21.4368, 80.0908)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55EA #91EA55

analogous

#6455EA #AE55EA #EA55DB

triadic

#AE55EA #EAAE55 #55EAAE

tetradic

#AE55EA #EA6455 #91EA55 #55DBEA

square

#AE55EA #EA6455 #91EA55 #55DBEA

split-complementary

#AE55EA #DBEA55 #55EA64

monochromatic

#7116AF #941FE3 #AE55EA #C88BF1 #E2C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AE55EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#AE55EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55EA

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55EA	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D81E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.221 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af1',
    500: '#ae55ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55ea;
$custom-light: #ca8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.839,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62499,
    "c": 0.22067,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55EA

secondary

#C8E8B2

accent

#DA0B5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55EA

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

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