#AE56E0#AE56E0

#AE56E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.209 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56E0
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 58.38, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 80.84, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1376 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.209 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2354, 21.0368, 72.7636)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56E0 #88E056

analogous

#6956E0 #AE56E0 #E056CD

triadic

#AE56E0 #E0AE56 #56E0AE

tetradic

#AE56E0 #E06956 #88E056 #56CDE0

square

#AE56E0 #E06956 #88E056 #56CDE0

split-complementary

#AE56E0 #CDE056 #56E069

monochromatic

#701D9F #9427D2 #AE56E0 #C78AE9 #E0BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AE56E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AE56E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56E0

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56E0	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4880DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.209 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aea',
    500: '#ae56e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56e0;
$custom-light: #ca8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6199,
    "c": 0.2091,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56E0

secondary

#C2E3AF

accent

#D11559

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56E0

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

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