#AE56D5#AE56D5

#AE56D5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.198 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56D5
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 56.06, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 75.58, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1377 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.198 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7916, 20.4593, 65.1596)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56D5 #7DD556

analogous

#6E56D5 #AE56D5 #D556BC

triadic

#AE56D5 #D5AE56 #56D5AE

tetradic

#AE56D5 #D56E56 #7DD556 #56BCD5

square

#AE56D5 #D56E56 #7DD556 #56BCD5

split-complementary

#AE56D5 #BCD556 #56D56E

monochromatic

#6D238D #932FBE #AE56D5 #C587E1 #DDB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#AE56D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AE56D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56D5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56D5	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.198 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ae2',
    500: '#ae56d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56d5;
$custom-light: #c98ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.575,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61323,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56D5

secondary

#BADDAA

accent

#E34475

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56D5

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

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