#AE57DB#AE57DB

#AE57DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.203 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57DB
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 56.84, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 77.90, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1365 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.203 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6477, 20.9304, 69.2716)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57DB #84DB57

analogous

#6C57DB #AE57DB #DB57C6

triadic

#AE57DB #DBAE57 #57DBAE

tetradic

#AE57DB #DB6C57 #84DB57 #57C6DB

square

#AE57DB #DB6C57 #84DB57 #57C6DB

split-complementary

#AE57DB #C6DB57 #57DB6C

monochromatic

#6F2097 #942BCA #AE57DB #C689E6 #DFBCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AE57DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#AE57DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57DB

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57DB	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.203 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98be7',
    500: '#ae57db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57db;
$custom-light: #c98be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61812,
    "c": 0.20257,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57DB

secondary

#BFE0AD

accent

#E84079

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57DB

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

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