#AE59E2#AE59E2

#AE59E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.207 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE59E2
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 57.37, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 80.17, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.134 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.207 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7528, 21.6351, 74.2820)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE59E2 #8DE259

analogous

#6A59E2 #AE59E2 #E259D2

triadic

#AE59E2 #E2AE59 #59E2AE

tetradic

#AE59E2 #E26A59 #8DE259 #59D2E2

square

#AE59E2 #E26A59 #8DE259 #59D2E2

split-complementary

#AE59E2 #D2E259 #59E26A

monochromatic

#711DA4 #9426D8 #AE59E2 #C78DEB #E1C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE59E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AE59E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE59E2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE59E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE59E2	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae59e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.207 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cec',
    500: '#ae59e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae59e2;
$custom-light: #ca8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae59e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.226,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62498,
    "c": 0.20696,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE59E2

secondary

#C5E5B2

accent

#D2135C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE59E2

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

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