#AE59D9#AE59D9

#AE59D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.198 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE59D9
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 55.44, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 75.84, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.134 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.198 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5501, 21.1541, 67.9480)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE59D9 #84D959

analogous

#6E59D9 #AE59D9 #D959C4

triadic

#AE59D9 #D9AE59 #59D9AE

tetradic

#AE59D9 #D96E59 #84D959 #59C4D9

square

#AE59D9 #D96E59 #84D959 #59C4D9

split-complementary

#AE59D9 #C4D959 #59D96E

monochromatic

#6F2295 #942EC7 #AE59D9 #C68BE4 #DFBDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AE59D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AE59D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE59D9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE59D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE59D9	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae59d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.198 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ce5',
    500: '#ae59d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae59d9;
$custom-light: #c98ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae59d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.844,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61953,
    "c": 0.19763,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE59D9

secondary

#BFE0AE

accent

#E64279

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE59D9

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

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