#AE5BE4#AE5BE4

#AE5BE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.206 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BE4
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 56.84, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 80.04, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.1316 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.206 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1975, 22.0829, 75.7920)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BE4 #91E45B

analogous

#695BE4 #AE5BE4 #E45BD6

triadic

#AE5BE4 #E4AE5B #5BE4AE

tetradic

#AE5BE4 #E4695B #91E45B #5BD6E4

square

#AE5BE4 #E4695B #91E45B #5BD6E4

split-complementary

#AE5BE4 #D6E45B #5BE469

monochromatic

#711CA9 #9426DB #AE5BE4 #C890ED #E2C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#AE5BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#AE5BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BE4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BE4	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)

#227EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.206 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ded',
    500: '#ae5be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5be4;
$custom-light: #ca8ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.35,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.20622,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BE4

secondary

#C8E6B4

accent

#D4125E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BE4

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

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