#AE57DD#AE57DD

#AE57DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.205 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57DD
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 57.26, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 78.86, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1365 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.205 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9125, 21.0363, 70.6666)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57DD #86DD57

analogous

#6B57DD #AE57DD #DD57C9

triadic

#AE57DD #DDAE57 #57DDAE

tetradic

#AE57DD #DD6B57 #86DD57 #57C9DD

square

#AE57DD #DD6B57 #86DD57 #57C9DD

split-complementary

#AE57DD #C9DD57 #57DD6B

monochromatic

#6F1F9A #942ACD #AE57DD #C78AE7 #DFBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AE57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AE57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57DD

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57DD	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.205 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8be8',
    500: '#ae57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57dd;
$custom-light: #ca8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.955,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61933,
    "c": 0.20462,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57DD

secondary

#C0E1AE

accent

#CE1757

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57DD

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

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