#AE57DE#AE57DE

#AE57DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.206 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57DE
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 57.48, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 79.34, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1365 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.206 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0462, 21.0898, 71.3703)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57DE #87DE57

analogous

#6A57DE #AE57DE #DE57CA

triadic

#AE57DE #DEAE57 #57DEAE

tetradic

#AE57DE #DE6A57 #87DE57 #57CADE

square

#AE57DE #DE6A57 #87DE57 #57CADE

split-complementary

#AE57DE #CADE57 #57DE6A

monochromatic

#6F1F9C #9429CF #AE57DE #C78AE8 #DFBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AE57DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#AE57DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57DE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57DE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.206 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8be9',
    500: '#ae57de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57de;
$custom-light: #ca8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61994,
    "c": 0.20565,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57DE

secondary

#C1E2AF

accent

#CF1658

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57DE

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

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