#AE55ED#AE55ED

#AE55ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.224 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55ED
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(275, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 61.67, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 87.61, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1382 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.224 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9870, 21.6106, 82.3798)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55ED #94ED55

analogous

#6255ED #AE55ED #ED55E0

triadic

#AE55ED #EDAE55 #55EDAE

tetradic

#AE55ED #ED6255 #94ED55 #55E0ED

square

#AE55ED #ED6255 #94ED55 #55E0ED

split-complementary

#AE55ED #E0ED55 #55ED62

monochromatic

#7213B4 #941EE7 #AE55ED #C88CF3 #E3C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#AE55ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#AE55ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55ED

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55ED	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3981EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.224 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af4',
    500: '#ae55ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55ed;
$custom-light: #ca8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.132,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.22372,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55ED

secondary

#CAEAB4

accent

#DD0861

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55ED

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

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