#AE57E4#AE57E4

#AE57E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.212 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57E4
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 58.77, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 82.22, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1364 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.212 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8647, 21.4172, 75.6810)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57E4 #8DE457

analogous

#6857E4 #AE57E4 #E457D4

triadic

#AE57E4 #E4AE57 #57E4AE

tetradic

#AE57E4 #E46857 #8DE457 #57D4E4

square

#AE57E4 #E46857 #8DE457 #57D4E4

split-complementary

#AE57E4 #D4E457 #57E468

monochromatic

#711BA6 #9423DB #AE57E4 #C78CEC #E1C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AE57E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AE57E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57E4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57E4	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.212 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bed',
    500: '#ae57e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57e4;
$custom-light: #ca8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62366,
    "c": 0.21182,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57E4

secondary

#C5E6B1

accent

#D4115C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57E4

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

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