#AE5CDD#AE5CDD

#AE5CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.197 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CDD
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 54.82, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 76.09, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.1304 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.197 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3315, 21.8742, 70.8062)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CDD #8BDD5C

analogous

#6E5CDD #AE5CDD #DD5CCB

triadic

#AE5CDD #DDAE5C #5CDDAE

tetradic

#AE5CDD #DD6E5C #8BDD5C #5CCBDD

square

#AE5CDD #DD6E5C #8BDD5C #5CCBDD

split-complementary

#AE5CDD #CBDD5C #5CDD6E

monochromatic

#70219E #942BD0 #AE5CDD #C78FE8 #E0C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AE5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AE5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CDD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CDD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.197 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98ee8',
    500: '#ae5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5cdd;
$custom-light: #c98ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.14,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62591,
    "c": 0.19743,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CDD

secondary

#C4E3B2

accent

#CD185A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CDD

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

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