#AE5AE0#AE5AE0

#AE5AE0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.203 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5AE0
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 56.45, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 78.66, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1329 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.203 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5638, 21.6936, 72.8730)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5AE0 #8CE05A

analogous

#6B5AE0 #AE5AE0 #E05ACF

triadic

#AE5AE0 #E0AE5A #5AE0AE

tetradic

#AE5AE0 #E06B5A #8CE05A #5ACFE0

square

#AE5AE0 #E06B5A #8CE05A #5ACFE0

split-complementary

#AE5AE0 #CFE05A #5AE06B

monochromatic

#701EA1 #9428D5 #AE5AE0 #C78EEA #E1C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE5AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#AE5AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5AE0

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5AE0	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267CE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.203 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8dea',
    500: '#ae5ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ae0;
$custom-light: #ca8dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62506,
    "c": 0.20346,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5AE0

secondary

#C5E4B2

accent

#D0155B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5AE0

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

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