#AE57E2#AE57E2

#AE57E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.210 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57E2
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 61.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 58.34, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 81.26, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1364 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.21 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5886, 21.3068, 74.2273)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57E2 #8BE257

analogous

#6957E2 #AE57E2 #E257D1

triadic

#AE57E2 #E2AE57 #57E2AE

tetradic

#AE57E2 #E26957 #8BE257 #57D1E2

square

#AE57E2 #E26957 #8BE257 #57D1E2

split-complementary

#AE57E2 #D1E257 #57E269

monochromatic

#701CA3 #9425D7 #AE57E2 #C78BEB #E0BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#AE57E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#AE57E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57E2

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57E2	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.210 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bec',
    500: '#ae57e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57e2;
$custom-light: #ca8bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.554,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62241,
    "c": 0.20976,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57E2

secondary

#C4E4B0

accent

#D3135B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57E2

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

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