#AE55EF#AE55EF

#AE55EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.226 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55EF
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(275, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 62.11, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 88.57, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1381 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.226 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2808, 21.7282, 83.9273)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55EF #96EF55

analogous

#6155EF #AE55EF #EF55E3

triadic

#AE55EF #EFAE55 #55EFAE

tetradic

#AE55EF #EF6155 #96EF55 #55E3EF

square

#AE55EF #EF6155 #96EF55 #55E3EF

split-complementary

#AE55EF #E3EF55 #55EF61

monochromatic

#7211B8 #931DEA #AE55EF #C98DF4 #E3C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE55EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AE55EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55EF

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55EF	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3681EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.226 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8af5',
    500: '#ae55ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55ef;
$custom-light: #cb8af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.675,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.22576,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55EF

secondary

#CCEBB5

accent

#DF0662

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55EF

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

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