#AE59E4#AE59E4

#AE59E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.209 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE59E4
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 57.81, -56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 81.14, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.134 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.209 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0288, 21.7455, 75.7358)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE59E4 #8FE459

analogous

#6959E4 #AE59E4 #E459D4

triadic

#AE59E4 #E4AE59 #59E4AE

tetradic

#AE59E4 #E46959 #8FE459 #59D4E4

square

#AE59E4 #E46959 #8FE459 #59D4E4

split-complementary

#AE59E4 #D4E459 #59E469

monochromatic

#711BA7 #9424DB #AE59E4 #C88EED #E1C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE59E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AE59E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE59E4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE59E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE59E4	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae59e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.209 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ced',
    500: '#ae59e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae59e4;
$custom-light: #ca8ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae59e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.691,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62622,
    "c": 0.20904,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE59E4

secondary

#C7E6B3

accent

#D4115D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE59E4

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

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