#AE5CE9#AE5CE9

#AE5CE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.210 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CE9
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 57.45, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 81.92, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1303 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.21 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9877, 22.5367, 79.5292)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CE9 #97E95C

analogous

#675CE9 #AE5CE9 #E95CDD

triadic

#AE5CE9 #E9AE5C #5CE9AE

tetradic

#AE5CE9 #E9675C #97E95C #5CDDE9

square

#AE5CE9 #E9675C #97E95C #5CDDE9

split-complementary

#AE5CE9 #DDE95C #5CE967

monochromatic

#7218B3 #9326E2 #AE5CE9 #C992F0 #E4C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#AE5CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#AE5CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CE9

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CE9	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4684E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5789A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.210 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ef1',
    500: '#ae5ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ce9;
$custom-light: #ca8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.894,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63324,
    "c": 0.21008,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CE9

secondary

#CCE9B8

accent

#D80D62

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CE9

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

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