#AE56E8#AE56E8

#AE56E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.217 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56E8
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 60.11, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 84.68, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1374 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.217 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3460, 21.4811, 78.6125)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56E8 #90E856

analogous

#6556E8 #AE56E8 #E856D9

triadic

#AE56E8 #E8AE56 #56E8AE

tetradic

#AE56E8 #E86556 #90E856 #56D9E8

square

#AE56E8 #E86556 #90E856 #56D9E8

split-complementary

#AE56E8 #D9E856 #56E865

monochromatic

#7117AC #9420E1 #AE56E8 #C88CEF #E2C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AE56E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#AE56E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56E8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56E8	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4081E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.217 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bf0',
    500: '#ae56e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56e8;
$custom-light: #ca8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.21729,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56E8

secondary

#C7E8B2

accent

#D80D5E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56E8

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

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