#AE56DB#AE56DB

#AE56DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.204 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56DB
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 57.32, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 78.44, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1377 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.204 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5673, 20.7696, 69.2448)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56DB #83DB56

analogous

#6B56DB #AE56DB #DB56C6

triadic

#AE56DB #DBAE56 #56DBAE

tetradic

#AE56DB #DB6B56 #83DB56 #56C6DB

square

#AE56DB #DB6B56 #83DB56 #56C6DB

split-complementary

#AE56DB #C6DB56 #56DB6B

monochromatic

#6E2097 #932BC9 #AE56DB #C688E6 #DEBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AE56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56DB

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56DB	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2479DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.204 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ae7',
    500: '#ae56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56db;
$custom-light: #c98ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.699,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.204,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56DB

secondary

#BEE0AD

accent

#E84079

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56DB

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

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