#AE56DC#AE56DC

#AE56DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.205 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56DC
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 57.53, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 78.92, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.1377 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.205 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6993, 20.8224, 69.9402)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56DC #84DC56

analogous

#6B56DC #AE56DC #DC56C7

triadic

#AE56DC #DCAE56 #56DCAE

tetradic

#AE56DC #DC6B56 #84DC56 #56C7DC

square

#AE56DC #DC6B56 #84DC56 #56C7DC

split-complementary

#AE56DC #C7DC56 #56DC6B

monochromatic

#6F2098 #942ACB #AE56DC #C689E6 #DFBBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE56DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AE56DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56DC

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56DC	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2279E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.205 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae7',
    500: '#ae56dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56dc;
$custom-light: #ca8ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61744,
    "c": 0.20502,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56DC

secondary

#BFE1AD

accent

#E93F79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56DC

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

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