#AE57E6#AE57E6

#AE57E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.214 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57E6
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 59.20, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 83.18, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1363 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.214 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1439, 21.5289, 77.1517)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57E6 #8FE657

analogous

#6657E6 #AE57E6 #E657D7

triadic

#AE57E6 #E6AE57 #57E6AE

tetradic

#AE57E6 #E66657 #8FE657 #57D7E6

square

#AE57E6 #E66657 #8FE657 #57D7E6

split-complementary

#AE57E6 #D7E657 #57E666

monochromatic

#7119A9 #9422DE #AE57E6 #C88CEE #E1C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#AE57E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#AE57E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57E6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57E6	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.214 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bef',
    500: '#ae57e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57e6;
$custom-light: #ca8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.503,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62492,
    "c": 0.21387,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57E6

secondary

#C7E7B2

accent

#D60F5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57E6

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

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