#AE5CA5#AE5CA5

#AE5CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.141 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CA5
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(307, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 43.68, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 50.28, 330.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1241 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.141 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0740, 19.3712, 37.8503)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CA5 #5CAE65

analogous

#8E5CAE #AE5CA5 #AE5C7C

triadic

#AE5CA5 #A5AE5C #5CA5AE

tetradic

#AE5CA5 #AE8E5C #5CAE65 #5C7CAE

square

#AE5CA5 #AE8E5C #5CAE65 #5C7CAE

split-complementary

#AE5CA5 #7CAE5C #5CAE8E

monochromatic

#60305B #894481 #AE5CA5 #C285BC #D7AED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AE5CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#AE5CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CA5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CA5	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5973A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.141 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88dc0',
    500: '#ae5ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ca5;
$custom-light: #c88dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.585,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59644,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CA5

secondary

#A1C5A5

accent

#CA6A5E

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CA5

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

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