#AE5BDD#AE5BDD

#AE5BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.199 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BDD
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 55.32, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 76.65, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1316 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.199 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2454, 21.7021, 70.7775)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BDD #8ADD5B

analogous

#6D5BDD #AE5BDD #DD5BCB

triadic

#AE5BDD #DDAE5B #5BDDAE

tetradic

#AE5BDD #DD6D5B #8ADD5B #5BCBDD

square

#AE5BDD #DD6D5B #8ADD5B #5BCBDD

split-complementary

#AE5BDD #CBDD5B #5BDD6D

monochromatic

#70219D #942BD0 #AE5BDD #C78EE8 #E0C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#AE5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BDD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BDD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.199 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98de8',
    500: '#ae5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5bdd;
$custom-light: #c98de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62457,
    "c": 0.19888,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BDD

secondary

#C3E2B1

accent

#CE185A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BDD

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

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