#AE59E6#AE59E6

#AE59E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.211 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE59E6
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 58.24, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 82.11, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.134 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.211 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3081, 21.8572, 77.2064)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE59E6 #91E659

analogous

#6759E6 #AE59E6 #E659D8

triadic

#AE59E6 #E6AE59 #59E6AE

tetradic

#AE59E6 #E66759 #91E659 #59D8E6

square

#AE59E6 #E66759 #91E659 #59D8E6

split-complementary

#AE59E6 #D8E659 #59E667

monochromatic

#711AAB #9424DE #AE59E6 #C88EEE #E2C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AE59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AE59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE59E6

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE59E6	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.211 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cef',
    500: '#ae59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae59e6;
$custom-light: #ca8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.17,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.21112,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE59E6

secondary

#C8E7B4

accent

#D6105E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE59E6

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

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