#AE5EE5#AE5EE5

#AE5EE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.203 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5EE5
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 55.58, -55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 78.86, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.128 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.203 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5983, 22.6618, 76.6124)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5EE5 #95E55E

analogous

#6A5EE5 #AE5EE5 #E55ED8

triadic

#AE5EE5 #E5AE5E #5EE5AE

tetradic

#AE5EE5 #E56A5E #95E55E #5ED8E5

square

#AE5EE5 #E56A5E #95E55E #5ED8E5

split-complementary

#AE5EE5 #D8E55E #5EE56A

monochromatic

#721CAD #9329DC #AE5EE5 #C993EE #E3C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#AE5EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#AE5EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE5EE5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE5EE5	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.203 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8fee',
    500: '#ae5ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5ee5;
$custom-light: #ca8fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.203,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5EE5

secondary

#CBE7B7

accent

#D41161

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5EE5

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

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