#AE5AE2#AE5AE2

#AE5AE2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.206 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5AE2
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 56.89, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 79.62, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1328 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.206 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8366, 21.8027, 74.3099)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5AE2 #8EE25A

analogous

#6A5AE2 #AE5AE2 #E25AD2

triadic

#AE5AE2 #E2AE5A #5AE2AE

tetradic

#AE5AE2 #E26A5A #8EE25A #5AD2E2

square

#AE5AE2 #E26A5A #8EE25A #5AD2E2

split-complementary

#AE5AE2 #D2E25A #5AE26A

monochromatic

#711DA5 #9426D9 #AE5AE2 #C88EEB #E1C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#AE5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#AE5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5AE2

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5AE2	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.206 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8dec',
    500: '#ae5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ae2;
$custom-light: #ca8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62629,
    "c": 0.20555,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5AE2

secondary

#C6E5B3

accent

#D2135C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5AE2

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

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