#AE5EDE#AE5EDE

#AE5EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.196 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5EDE
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 54.04, -52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 75.45, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1279 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.196 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6406, 22.2787, 71.5685)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5EDE #8EDE5E

analogous

#6E5EDE #AE5EDE #DE5ECE

triadic

#AE5EDE #DEAE5E #5EDEAE

tetradic

#AE5EDE #DE6E5E #8EDE5E #5ECEDE

square

#AE5EDE #DE6E5E #8EDE5E #5ECEDE

split-complementary

#AE5EDE #CEDE5E #5EDE6E

monochromatic

#7121A1 #942BD3 #AE5EDE #C891E8 #E1C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#AE5EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#AE5EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5EDE

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5EDE	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.196 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98fe9',
    500: '#ae5ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ede;
$custom-light: #c98fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62922,
    "c": 0.19555,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5EDE

secondary

#C6E4B4

accent

#CE185C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5EDE

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

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