#AE65E2#AE65E2

#AE65E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.189 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE65E2
RGB	rgb(174, 101, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 55.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 51.36, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 73.38, 314.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.1192 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.189 309)
XYZ	xyz(35.8340, 23.7976, 74.6424)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE65E2 #99E265

analogous

#7065E2 #AE65E2 #E265D8

triadic

#AE65E2 #E2AE65 #65E2AE

tetradic

#AE65E2 #E27065 #99E265 #65D8E2

square

#AE65E2 #E27065 #99E265 #65D8E2

split-complementary

#AE65E2 #D8E265 #65E270

monochromatic

#7220AC #9331D8 #AE65E2 #C999EC #E4CCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AE65E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#AE65E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE65E2

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE65E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE65E2	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C83E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae65e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 101, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.189 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c994ec',
    500: '#ae65e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae65e2;
$custom-light: #c994ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae65e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.04,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64139,
    "c": 0.18943,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.23797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE65E2

secondary

#CEE7BC

accent

#D01563

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE65E2

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

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