#AE5CE6#AE5CE6

#AE5CE6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.207 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CE6
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 56.78, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 80.46, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1304 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.207 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5628, 22.3667, 77.2913)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CE6 #94E65C

analogous

#695CE6 #AE5CE6 #E65CD9

triadic

#AE5CE6 #E6AE5C #5CE6AE

tetradic

#AE5CE6 #E6695C #94E65C #5CD9E6

square

#AE5CE6 #E6695C #94E65C #5CD9E6

split-complementary

#AE5CE6 #D9E65C #5CE669

monochromatic

#721BAD #9427DE #AE5CE6 #C891EE #E3C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#AE5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#AE5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CE6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CE6	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.207 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8eef',
    500: '#ae5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ce6;
$custom-light: #ca8eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63138,
    "c": 0.20691,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CE6

secondary

#CAE8B6

accent

#D61060

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CE6

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

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