#AE6DCD#AE6DCD

#AE6DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.153 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6DCD
RGB	rgb(174, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 42.53, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 58.17, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1064 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.153 314)
XYZ	xyz(33.9418, 24.3446, 60.6567)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6DCD #8CCD6D

analogous

#7E6DCD #AE6DCD #CD6DBC

triadic

#AE6DCD #CDAE6D #6DCDAE

tetradic

#AE6DCD #CD7E6D #8CCD6D #6DBCCD

square

#AE6DCD #CD7E6D #8CCD6D #6DBCCD

split-complementary

#AE6DCD #BCCD6D #6DCD7E

monochromatic

#70318F #9440BC #AE6DCD #C79BDD #E1C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE6DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#AE6DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6DCD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6DCD	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5984D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.153 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c898dc',
    500: '#ae6dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6dcd;
$custom-light: #c898dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64192,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.24344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6DCD

secondary

#C5DDB9

accent

#BC2959

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6DCD

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

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