#AE5DE5#AE5DE5

#AE5DE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.204 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5DE5
RGB	rgb(174, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 56.07, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 79.42, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.1292 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.204 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5100, 22.4851, 76.5830)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5DE5 #94E55D

analogous

#6A5DE5 #AE5DE5 #E55DD8

triadic

#AE5DE5 #E5AE5D #5DE5AE

tetradic

#AE5DE5 #E56A5D #94E55D #5DD8E5

square

#AE5DE5 #E56A5D #94E55D #5DD8E5

split-complementary

#AE5DE5 #D8E55D #5DE56A

monochromatic

#721CAC #9428DD #AE5DE5 #C892ED #E3C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#AE5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#AE5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5DE5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5DE5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.204 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8fee',
    500: '#ae5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5de5;
$custom-light: #ca8fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.735,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63209,
    "c": 0.20444,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5DE5

secondary

#CAE7B7

accent

#D41160

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5DE5

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

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