#AE5AE3#AE5AE3

#AE5AE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.207 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5AE3
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 57.11, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 80.11, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1328 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.207 310)
XYZ	xyz(34.9742, 21.8577, 75.0347)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5AE3 #8FE35A

analogous

#6A5AE3 #AE5AE3 #E35AD4

triadic

#AE5AE3 #E3AE5A #5AE3AE

tetradic

#AE5AE3 #E36A5A #8FE35A #5AD4E3

square

#AE5AE3 #E36A5A #8FE35A #5AD4E3

split-complementary

#AE5AE3 #D4E35A #5AE36A

monochromatic

#711CA6 #9426DA #AE5AE3 #C88EEC #E1C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AE5AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AE5AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5AE3

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5AE3	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)

#207DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.207 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8dec',
    500: '#ae5ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ae3;
$custom-light: #ca8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.788,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6269,
    "c": 0.20659,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.21857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5AE3

secondary

#C7E6B3

accent

#D3125D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5AE3

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

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