#AE57EE#AE57EE

#AE57EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.222 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE57EE
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(275, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 60.95, -62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 87.04, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1359 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.222 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2932, 21.9886, 83.2046)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE57EE #97EE57

analogous

#6257EE #AE57EE #EE57E2

triadic

#AE57EE #EEAE57 #57EEAE

tetradic

#AE57EE #EE6257 #97EE57 #57E2EE

square

#AE57EE #EE6257 #97EE57 #57E2EE

split-complementary

#AE57EE #E2EE57 #57EE62

monochromatic

#7213B8 #931FE8 #AE57EE #C98FF4 #E4C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AE57EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#AE57EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE57EE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE57EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE57EE	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A82EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae57ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.222 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bf4',
    500: '#ae57ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae57ee;
$custom-light: #ca8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae57ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.57,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.22211,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE57EE

secondary

#CCEBB6

accent

#DE0862

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE57EE

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

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