#AE5BD9#AE5BD9

#AE5BD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.195 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BD9
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 54.46, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 74.72, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1316 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.195 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7188, 21.4914, 68.0042)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BD9 #86D95B

analogous

#6F5BD9 #AE5BD9 #D95BC5

triadic

#AE5BD9 #D9AE5B #5BD9AE

tetradic

#AE5BD9 #D96F5B #86D95B #5BC5D9

square

#AE5BD9 #D96F5B #86D95B #5BC5D9

split-complementary

#AE5BD9 #C5D95B #5BD96F

monochromatic

#6F2397 #942EC8 #AE5BD9 #C78DE5 #DFBEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#AE5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#AE5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BD9

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BD9	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.195 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98de5',
    500: '#ae5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5bd9;
$custom-light: #c98de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62219,
    "c": 0.1947,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BD9

secondary

#C0E0B0

accent

#CA1B57

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BD9

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

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