#AE5EA5#AE5EA5

#AE5EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.138 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5EA5
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 42.64, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 49.07, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1211 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.138 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2496, 19.7223, 37.9088)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5EA5 #5EAE67

analogous

#8F5EAE #AE5EA5 #AE5E7D

triadic

#AE5EA5 #A5AE5E #5EA5AE

tetradic

#AE5EA5 #AE8F5E #5EAE67 #5E7DAE

square

#AE5EA5 #AE8F5E #5EAE67 #5E7DAE

split-complementary

#AE5EA5 #7DAE5E #5EAE8F

monochromatic

#61315B #8A4582 #AE5EA5 #C287BC #D7AFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AE5EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#AE5EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5EA5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5EA5	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B74A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4647A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.138 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88ec0',
    500: '#ae5ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ea5;
$custom-light: #c88ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.75,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59944,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5EA5

secondary

#A3C5A6

accent

#C96B5F

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5EA5

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

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