#AE56DF#AE56DF

#AE56DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.208 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56DF
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 58.17, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 80.36, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1377 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.208 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1002, 20.9828, 72.0515)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56DF #87DF56

analogous

#6956DF #AE56DF #DF56CB

triadic

#AE56DF #DFAE56 #56DFAE

tetradic

#AE56DF #DF6956 #87DF56 #56CBDF

square

#AE56DF #DF6956 #87DF56 #56CBDF

split-complementary

#AE56DF #CBDF56 #56DF69

monochromatic

#6F1E9D #9427D0 #AE56DF #C789E9 #DFBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#AE56DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#AE56DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56DF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56DF	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4980DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.208 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aea',
    500: '#ae56df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56df;
$custom-light: #ca8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.54,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61928,
    "c": 0.20808,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56DF

secondary

#C1E2AE

accent

#D01558

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56DF

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

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