#AE5AE1#AE5AE1

#AE5AE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.205 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5AE1
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 56.67, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 79.14, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1329 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.205 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6998, 21.7480, 73.5894)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5AE1 #8DE15A

analogous

#6B5AE1 #AE5AE1 #E15AD1

triadic

#AE5AE1 #E1AE5A #5AE1AE

tetradic

#AE5AE1 #E16B5A #8DE15A #5AD1E1

square

#AE5AE1 #E16B5A #8DE15A #5AD1E1

split-complementary

#AE5AE1 #D1E15A #5AE16B

monochromatic

#711EA3 #9427D7 #AE5AE1 #C78EEA #E1C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AE5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5AE1

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5AE1	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)

#247DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.205 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8deb',
    500: '#ae5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ae1;
$custom-light: #ca8deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62567,
    "c": 0.20451,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5AE1

secondary

#C5E4B2

accent

#D1145C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5AE1

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

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