#AE5AE6#AE5AE6

#AE5AE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.210 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5AE6
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 57.76, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 81.56, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.1328 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.21 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3918, 22.0248, 77.2343)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5AE6 #92E65A

analogous

#685AE6 #AE5AE6 #E65AD8

triadic

#AE5AE6 #E6AE5A #5AE6AE

tetradic

#AE5AE6 #E6685A #92E65A #5AD8E6

square

#AE5AE6 #E6685A #92E65A #5AD8E6

split-complementary

#AE5AE6 #D8E65A #5AE668

monochromatic

#711AAC #9425DE #AE5AE6 #C88FEE #E2C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AE5AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#AE5AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5AE6

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5AE6	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.210 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8def',
    500: '#ae5ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ae6;
$custom-light: #ca8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62876,
    "c": 0.20973,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5AE6

secondary

#C9E7B5

accent

#D6105F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5AE6

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

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