#AE55FF#AE55FF

#AE55FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.242 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE55FF
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(271, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 65.67, -70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 96.25, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1366 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.242 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7500, 22.7158, 96.9315)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE55FF #A6FF55

analogous

#5955FF #AE55FF #FF55FB

triadic

#AE55FF #FFAE55 #55FFAE

tetradic

#AE55FF #FF5955 #A6FF55 #55FBFF

square

#AE55FF #FF5955 #A6FF55 #55FBFF

split-complementary

#AE55FF #FBFF55 #55FF59

monochromatic

#7200DA #9118FF #AE55FF #CB92FF #E8CFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#AE55FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#AE55FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE55FF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE55FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE55FF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1183FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae55ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.242 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bff',
    500: '#ae55ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae55ff;
$custom-light: #cc8bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae55ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63902,
    "c": 0.24205,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE55FF

secondary

#D7F3BD

accent

#E6006D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE55FF

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

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