#AE56E7#AE56E7

#AE56E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.216 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56E7
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 59.89, -59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 84.20, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1374 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.216 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2043, 21.4244, 77.8666)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56E7 #8FE756

analogous

#6656E7 #AE56E7 #E756D7

triadic

#AE56E7 #E7AE56 #56E7AE

tetradic

#AE56E7 #E76656 #8FE756 #56D7E7

square

#AE56E7 #E76656 #8FE756 #56D7E7

split-complementary

#AE56E7 #D7E756 #56E766

monochromatic

#7118AA #9420DF #AE56E7 #C88CEF #E1C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AE56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AE56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56E7

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56E7	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4181E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.216 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bef',
    500: '#ae56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56e7;
$custom-light: #ca8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.414,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6243,
    "c": 0.21626,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56E7

secondary

#C7E7B2

accent

#D70E5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56E7

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

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