#AE5BE7#AE5BE7

#AE5BE7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.209 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5BE7
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 57.49, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 81.50, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1316 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.209 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6176, 22.2510, 78.0043)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5BE7 #94E75B

analogous

#685BE7 #AE5BE7 #E75BDA

triadic

#AE5BE7 #E7AE5B #5BE7AE

tetradic

#AE5BE7 #E7685B #94E75B #5BDAE7

square

#AE5BE7 #E7685B #94E75B #5BDAE7

split-complementary

#AE5BE7 #DAE75B #5BE768

monochromatic

#7219AE #9426DF #AE5BE7 #C890EF #E3C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#AE5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#AE5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5BE7

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5BE7	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.209 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8eef',
    500: '#ae5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5be7;
$custom-light: #ca8eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.571,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63069,
    "c": 0.20937,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5BE7

secondary

#CAE8B6

accent

#D70F60

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5BE7

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

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