#AE5BE3#AE5BE3

#AE5BE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.205 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BE3
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 56.62, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 79.56, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1316 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.205 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0591, 22.0276, 75.0630)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BE3 #90E35B

analogous

#6A5BE3 #AE5BE3 #E35BD4

triadic

#AE5BE3 #E3AE5B #5BE3AE

tetradic

#AE5BE3 #E36A5B #90E35B #5BD4E3

square

#AE5BE3 #E36A5B #90E35B #5BD4E3

split-complementary

#AE5BE3 #D4E35B #5BE36A

monochromatic

#711DA7 #9427DA #AE5BE3 #C88FEC #E2C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AE5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#AE5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BE3

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BE3	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.205 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8dec',
    500: '#ae5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5be3;
$custom-light: #ca8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.618,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.20518,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BE3

secondary

#C7E6B4

accent

#D3135E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BE3

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

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