#AE56E2#AE56E2

#AE56E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.211 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56E2
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 58.81, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 81.80, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1376 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.211 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5082, 21.1460, 74.2005)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56E2 #8AE256

analogous

#6856E2 #AE56E2 #E256D0

triadic

#AE56E2 #E2AE56 #56E2AE

tetradic

#AE56E2 #E26856 #8AE256 #56D0E2

square

#AE56E2 #E26856 #8AE256 #56D0E2

split-complementary

#AE56E2 #D0E256 #56E268

monochromatic

#701CA2 #9425D6 #AE56E2 #C78AEB #E0BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AE56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AE56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56E2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56E2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.211 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aec',
    500: '#ae56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56e2;
$custom-light: #ca8aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62115,
    "c": 0.21115,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56E2

secondary

#C3E4B0

accent

#D3135A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56E2

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

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