#AE5ADD#AE5ADD

#AE5ADD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.200 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5ADD
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 55.81, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 77.21, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1329 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.2 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1605, 21.5322, 70.7492)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5ADD #89DD5A

analogous

#6C5ADD #AE5ADD #DD5ACA

triadic

#AE5ADD #DDAE5A #5ADDAE

tetradic

#AE5ADD #DD6C5A #89DD5A #5ACADD

square

#AE5ADD #DD6C5A #89DD5A #5ACADD

split-complementary

#AE5ADD #CADD5A #5ADD6C

monochromatic

#70209C #942BCF #AE5ADD #C78DE7 #E0BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#AE5ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#AE5ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5ADD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5ADD	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.200 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98de8',
    500: '#ae5add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5add;
$custom-light: #c98de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.473,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62324,
    "c": 0.20034,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5ADD

secondary

#C2E2B1

accent

#CE1859

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5ADD

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

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