#AE59DE#AE59DE

#AE59DE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.203 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE59DE
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 56.51, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 78.24, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1341 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.203 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2103, 21.4181, 71.4250)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE59DE #89DE59

analogous

#6B59DE #AE59DE #DE59CB

triadic

#AE59DE #DEAE59 #59DEAE

tetradic

#AE59DE #DE6B59 #89DE59 #59CBDE

square

#AE59DE #DE6B59 #89DE59 #59CBDE

split-complementary

#AE59DE #CBDE59 #59DE6B

monochromatic

#701F9D #9429D0 #AE59DE #C78CE8 #E0BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AE59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AE59DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE59DE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE59DE	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)

#277BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.203 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ce9',
    500: '#ae59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae59de;
$custom-light: #c98ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.346,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.20281,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE59DE

secondary

#C2E2B0

accent

#CF1759

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE59DE

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

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