#AE57DC#AE57DC

#AE57DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.204 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57DC
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 57.05, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 78.38, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1365 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.204 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7797, 20.9832, 69.9670)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57DC #85DC57

analogous

#6B57DC #AE57DC #DC57C7

triadic

#AE57DC #DCAE57 #57DCAE

tetradic

#AE57DC #DC6B57 #85DC57 #57C7DC

square

#AE57DC #DC6B57 #85DC57 #57C7DC

split-complementary

#AE57DC #C7DC57 #57DC6B

monochromatic

#6F2099 #942ACB #AE57DC #C68AE7 #DFBCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#AE57DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#AE57DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57DC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57DC	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.204 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98be7',
    500: '#ae57dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57dc;
$custom-light: #c98be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61872,
    "c": 0.2036,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57DC

secondary

#C0E1AE

accent

#CD1857

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57DC

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

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