#AE5CE5#AE5CE5

#AE5CE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.206 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CE5
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 56.56, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 79.98, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1304 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.206 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4228, 22.3107, 76.5539)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CE5 #93E55C

analogous

#695CE5 #AE5CE5 #E55CD8

triadic

#AE5CE5 #E5AE5C #5CE5AE

tetradic

#AE5CE5 #E5695C #93E55C #5CD8E5

square

#AE5CE5 #E5695C #93E55C #5CD8E5

split-complementary

#AE5CE5 #D8E55C #5CE569

monochromatic

#711BAB #9427DD #AE5CE5 #C891ED #E2C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#AE5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#AE5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CE5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CE5	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.206 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8eee',
    500: '#ae5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ce5;
$custom-light: #ca8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.912,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.20586,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CE5

secondary

#CAE7B6

accent

#D5115F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CE5

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

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