#AE59DD#AE59DD

#AE59DD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.202 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE59DD
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 56.30, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 77.76, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1341 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.202 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0767, 21.3647, 70.7213)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE59DD #88DD59

analogous

#6C59DD #AE59DD #DD59CA

triadic

#AE59DD #DDAE59 #59DDAE

tetradic

#AE59DD #DD6C59 #88DD59 #59CADD

square

#AE59DD #DD6C59 #88DD59 #59CADD

split-complementary

#AE59DD #CADD59 #59DD6C

monochromatic

#70209C #942ACF #AE59DD #C78CE7 #E0BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AE59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#AE59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE59DD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE59DD	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.202 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ce8',
    500: '#ae59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae59dd;
$custom-light: #c98ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.20177,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE59DD

secondary

#C2E2B0

accent

#CE1859

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE59DD

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

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