#AE5CD9#AE5CD9

#AE5CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.193 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CD9
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 53.96, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 74.16, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1303 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.193 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8049, 21.6636, 68.0329)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CD9 #87D95C

analogous

#6F5CD9 #AE5CD9 #D95CC5

triadic

#AE5CD9 #D9AE5C #5CD9AE

tetradic

#AE5CD9 #D96F5C #87D95C #5CC5D9

square

#AE5CD9 #D96F5C #87D95C #5CC5D9

split-complementary

#AE5CD9 #C5D95C #5CD96F

monochromatic

#6F2397 #942FC9 #AE5CD9 #C78EE5 #DFBFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE5CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AE5CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CD9

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CD9	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.193 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ee5',
    500: '#ae5cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5cd9;
$custom-light: #c98ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.36,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62354,
    "c": 0.19322,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CD9

secondary

#C1E0B1

accent

#CA1C58

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CD9

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

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