#AE56E4#AE56E4

#AE56E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.213 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56E4
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 59.24, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 82.76, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1375 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.213 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7843, 21.2564, 75.6542)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56E4 #8CE456

analogous

#6756E4 #AE56E4 #E456D3

triadic

#AE56E4 #E4AE56 #56E4AE

tetradic

#AE56E4 #E46756 #8CE456 #56D3E4

square

#AE56E4 #E46756 #8CE456 #56D3E4

split-complementary

#AE56E4 #D3E456 #56E467

monochromatic

#701AA5 #9423DA #AE56E4 #C78BEC #E1C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AE56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AE56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56E4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56E4	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4581E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.213 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aed',
    500: '#ae56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56e4;
$custom-light: #ca8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.183,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6224,
    "c": 0.21319,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56E4

secondary

#C5E5B0

accent

#D5115B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56E4

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

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