#AE5AE7#AE5AE7

#AE5AE7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.211 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5AE7
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 57.98, -58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 82.05, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1328 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.211 309)
XYZ	xyz(35.5327, 22.0811, 77.9760)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5AE7 #93E75A

analogous

#685AE7 #AE5AE7 #E75AD9

triadic

#AE5AE7 #E7AE5A #5AE7AE

tetradic

#AE5AE7 #E7685A #93E75A #5AD9E7

square

#AE5AE7 #E7685A #93E75A #5AD9E7

split-complementary

#AE5AE7 #D9E75A #5AE768

monochromatic

#7119AD #9425DF #AE5AE7 #C88FEF #E2C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#AE5AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#AE5AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5AE7

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5AE7	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.211 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8def',
    500: '#ae5ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ae7;
$custom-light: #ca8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.21077,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.22081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5AE7

secondary

#CAE8B5

accent

#D70F60

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5AE7

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

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