#AE56DD#AE56DD

#AE56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.206 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56DD
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 57.74, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 79.40, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1377 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.206 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8321, 20.8755, 70.6398)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56DD #85DD56

analogous

#6A56DD #AE56DD #DD56C8

triadic

#AE56DD #DDAE56 #56DDAE

tetradic

#AE56DD #DD6A56 #85DD56 #56C8DD

square

#AE56DD #DD6A56 #85DD56 #56C8DD

split-complementary

#AE56DD #C8DD56 #56DD6A

monochromatic

#6F1F9A #9429CD #AE56DD #C689E7 #DFBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AE56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AE56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56DD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56DD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.206 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae8',
    500: '#ae56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56dd;
$custom-light: #ca8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61805,
    "c": 0.20603,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56DD

secondary

#C0E1AE

accent

#CE1757

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56DD

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

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