#AE5BE1#AE5BE1

#AE5BE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.203 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BE1
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 56.18, -54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 78.59, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1316 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.203 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7847, 21.9178, 73.6177)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BE1 #8EE15B

analogous

#6B5BE1 #AE5BE1 #E15BD1

triadic

#AE5BE1 #E1AE5B #5BE1AE

tetradic

#AE5BE1 #E16B5B #8EE15B #5BD1E1

square

#AE5BE1 #E16B5B #8EE15B #5BD1E1

split-complementary

#AE5BE1 #D1E15B #5BE16B

monochromatic

#711EA4 #9427D7 #AE5BE1 #C88FEA #E1C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#AE5BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#AE5BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BE1

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BE1	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.203 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8deb',
    500: '#ae5be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5be1;
$custom-light: #ca8deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.164,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62699,
    "c": 0.20308,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BE1

secondary

#C6E5B3

accent

#D1145C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BE1

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

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