#AE5BE6#AE5BE6

#AE5BE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.208 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BE6
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 57.27, -57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 81.01, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1316 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.208 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4768, 22.1946, 77.2627)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BE6 #93E65B

analogous

#685BE6 #AE5BE6 #E65BD9

triadic

#AE5BE6 #E6AE5B #5BE6AE

tetradic

#AE5BE6 #E6685B #93E65B #5BD9E6

square

#AE5BE6 #E6685B #93E65B #5BD9E6

split-complementary

#AE5BE6 #D9E65B #5BE668

monochromatic

#711AAC #9426DE #AE5BE6 #C890EE #E2C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#AE5BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#AE5BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BE6

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BE6	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.208 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8def',
    500: '#ae5be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5be6;
$custom-light: #ca8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.827,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63006,
    "c": 0.20833,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BE6

secondary

#CAE7B5

accent

#D61060

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BE6

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

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