#AE55EE#AE55EE

#AE55EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.225 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55EE
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(275, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 61.89, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 88.09, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.1381 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.225 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1335, 21.6692, 83.1514)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55EE #95EE55

analogous

#6155EE #AE55EE #EE55E1

triadic

#AE55EE #EEAE55 #55EEAE

tetradic

#AE55EE #EE6155 #95EE55 #55E1EE

square

#AE55EE #EE6155 #95EE55 #55E1EE

split-complementary

#AE55EE #E1EE55 #55EE61

monochromatic

#7212B6 #931DE8 #AE55EE #C98DF4 #E3C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AE55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55EE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55EE	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3781EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.225 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8af4',
    500: '#ae55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55ee;
$custom-light: #ca8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.902,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.22474,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55EE

secondary

#CBEBB4

accent

#DE0761

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55EE

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

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