#AE6CEE#AE6CEE

#AE6CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.192 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6CEE
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 50.44, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 75.25, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.1108 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.192 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2474, 25.8971, 83.8560)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6CEE #ACEE6C

analogous

#6D6CEE #AE6CEE #EE6CED

triadic

#AE6CEE #EEAE6C #6CEEAE

tetradic

#AE6CEE #EE6D6C #ACEE6C #6CEDEE

square

#AE6CEE #EE6D6C #ACEE6C #6CEDEE

split-complementary

#AE6CEE #EDEE6C #6CEE6D

monochromatic

#7117C8 #9035E8 #AE6CEE #CCA3F4 #EADAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE6CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE6CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6CEE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6CEE	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A384A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.192 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c998f4',
    500: '#ae6cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6cee;
$custom-light: #c998f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65865,
    "c": 0.1924,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6CEE

secondary

#DBEFC7

accent

#DC0A71

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6CEE

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

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