#AE65EE#AE65EE

#AE65EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.203 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE65EE
RGB	rgb(174, 101, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 57.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 54.07, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 79.32, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.1195 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.203 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5386, 24.4794, 83.6198)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE65EE #A5EE65

analogous

#6A65EE #AE65EE #EE65E9

triadic

#AE65EE #EEAE65 #65EEAE

tetradic

#AE65EE #EE6A65 #A5EE65 #65E9EE

square

#AE65EE #EE6A65 #A5EE65 #65E9EE

split-complementary

#AE65EE #E9EE65 #65EE6A

monochromatic

#7216C3 #912EE8 #AE65EE #CB9CF4 #E8D3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AE65EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#AE65EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE65EE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE65EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE65EE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A380A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae65ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 101, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.203 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca94f4',
    500: '#ae65ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae65ee;
$custom-light: #ca94f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae65ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.971,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64857,
    "c": 0.20268,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE65EE

secondary

#D6EEC1

accent

#DC096C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE65EE

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

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