#AE57E1#AE57E1

#AE57E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.209 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57E1
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 58.12, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 80.78, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1364 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.209 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4518, 21.2521, 73.5067)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57E1 #8AE157

analogous

#6957E1 #AE57E1 #E157CF

triadic

#AE57E1 #E1AE57 #57E1AE

tetradic

#AE57E1 #E16957 #8AE157 #57CFE1

square

#AE57E1 #E16957 #8AE157 #57CFE1

split-complementary

#AE57E1 #CFE157 #57E169

monochromatic

#701DA1 #9426D5 #AE57E1 #C78BEA #E0BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AE57E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AE57E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57E1

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57E1	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.209 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8beb',
    500: '#ae57e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57e1;
$custom-light: #ca8beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62179,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57E1

secondary

#C3E4B0

accent

#D2145A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57E1

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

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