#AE56EF#AE56EF

#AE56EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.224 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE56EF
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(275, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 61.64, -62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 88.05, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.137 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.224 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3601, 21.8867, 83.9537)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE56EF #97EF56

analogous

#6156EF #AE56EF #EF56E3

triadic

#AE56EF #EFAE56 #56EFAE

tetradic

#AE56EF #EF6156 #97EF56 #56E3EF

square

#AE56EF #EF6156 #97EF56 #56E3EF

split-complementary

#AE56EF #E3EF56 #56EF61

monochromatic

#7212B9 #931EEA #AE56EF #C98EF4 #E4C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AE56EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#AE56EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE56EF

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE56EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE56EF	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3782EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae56ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.224 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bf5',
    500: '#ae56ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae56ef;
$custom-light: #ca8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae56ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.51,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62946,
    "c": 0.22446,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE56EF

secondary

#CCEBB5

accent

#DF0662

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE56EF

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

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