#AE5EDD#AE5EDD

#AE5EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.194 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5EDD
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 53.82, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 74.96, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.1279 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.194 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5070, 22.2253, 70.8647)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5EDD #8DDD5E

analogous

#6F5EDD #AE5EDD #DD5ECD

triadic

#AE5EDD #DDAE5E #5EDDAE

tetradic

#AE5EDD #DD6F5E #8DDD5E #5ECDDD

square

#AE5EDD #DD6F5E #8DDD5E #5ECDDD

split-complementary

#AE5EDD #CDDD5E #5EDD6F

monochromatic

#71229F #942CD2 #AE5EDD #C791E8 #E1C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#AE5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#AE5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5EDD

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5EDD	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.194 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98fe8',
    500: '#ae5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5edd;
$custom-light: #c98fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.795,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62863,
    "c": 0.19448,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5EDD

secondary

#C5E3B4

accent

#CD195B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5EDD

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

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