#AE56AA#AE56AA

#AE56AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.156 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56AA
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 47.65, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 55.94, 328.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1338 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.156 329)
XYZ	xyz(28.0387, 18.5582, 40.1276)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56AA #56AE5A

analogous

#8656AE #AE56AA #AE567E

triadic

#AE56AA #AAAE56 #56AAAE

tetradic

#AE56AA #AE8656 #56AE5A #567EAE

square

#AE56AA #AE8656 #56AE5A #567EAE

split-complementary

#AE56AA #7EAE56 #56AE86

monochromatic

#5D2D5B #864083 #AE56AA #C27FBF #D6A9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AE56AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AE56AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56AA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56AA	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5070AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.156 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c889c3',
    500: '#ae56aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56aa;
$custom-light: #c889c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59008,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.18557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56AA

secondary

#9CC39E

accent

#CB625D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56AA

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

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