#AE5CE1#AE5CE1

#AE5CE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.202 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CE1
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 59.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 55.69, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 78.03, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1304 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.202 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8707, 22.0899, 73.6464)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CE1 #8FE15C

analogous

#6B5CE1 #AE5CE1 #E15CD2

triadic

#AE5CE1 #E1AE5C #5CE1AE

tetradic

#AE5CE1 #E16B5C #8FE15C #5CD2E1

square

#AE5CE1 #E16B5C #8FE15C #5CD2E1

split-complementary

#AE5CE1 #D2E15C #5CE16B

monochromatic

#711EA4 #9428D7 #AE5CE1 #C890EB #E1C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#AE5CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#AE5CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CE1

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CE1	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.202 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98eeb',
    500: '#ae5ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ce1;
$custom-light: #c98eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.992,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62832,
    "c": 0.20165,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CE1

secondary

#C7E5B4

accent

#D1155D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CE1

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

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