#AE57DF#AE57DF

#AE57DF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.207 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57DF
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 57.69, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 79.82, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1365 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.207 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1806, 21.1436, 72.0783)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57DF #88DF57

analogous

#6A57DF #AE57DF #DF57CC

triadic

#AE57DF #DFAE57 #57DFAE

tetradic

#AE57DF #DF6A57 #88DF57 #57CCDF

square

#AE57DF #DF6A57 #88DF57 #57CCDF

split-complementary

#AE57DF #CCDF57 #57DF6A

monochromatic

#701E9E #9428D1 #AE57DF #C78AE9 #E0BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AE57DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AE57DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57DF

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57DF	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A80DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.207 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bea',
    500: '#ae57df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57df;
$custom-light: #ca8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.382,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62056,
    "c": 0.20668,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57DF

secondary

#C2E3AF

accent

#D01659

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57DF

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

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