#AE5CEE#AE5CEE

#AE5CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.215 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5CEE
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 58.56, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 84.36, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.1302 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.215 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7121, 22.8264, 83.3443)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5CEE #9CEE5C

analogous

#655CEE #AE5CEE #EE5CE5

triadic

#AE5CEE #EEAE5C #5CEEAE

tetradic

#AE5CEE #EE655C #9CEE5C #5CE5EE

square

#AE5CEE #EE655C #9CEE5C #5CE5EE

split-complementary

#AE5CEE #E5EE5C #5CEE65

monochromatic

#7214BC #9225E8 #AE5CEE #CA93F4 #E5CBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#AE5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#AE5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5CEE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5CEE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0680F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4799D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.215 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ef4',
    500: '#ae5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5cee;
$custom-light: #ca8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6364,
    "c": 0.21536,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5CEE

secondary

#D0ECBA

accent

#DD0866

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5CEE

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

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