#AE56EE#AE56EE

#AE56EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.223 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56EE
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(275, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 61.42, -62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 87.57, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.137 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.223 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2128, 21.8278, 83.1778)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56EE #96EE56

analogous

#6256EE #AE56EE #EE56E2

triadic

#AE56EE #EEAE56 #56EEAE

tetradic

#AE56EE #EE6256 #96EE56 #56E2EE

square

#AE56EE #EE6256 #96EE56 #56E2EE

split-complementary

#AE56EE #E2EE56 #56EE62

monochromatic

#7212B7 #931EE8 #AE56EE #C98EF4 #E3C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AE56EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AE56EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56EE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56EE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3982EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.223 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bf4',
    500: '#ae56ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56ee;
$custom-light: #ca8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62881,
    "c": 0.22343,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56EE

secondary

#CCEBB5

accent

#DE0762

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56EE

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

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