#AE6EA6#AE6EA6

#AE6EA6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.110 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6EA6
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(308, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(308, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 34.18, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 39.38, 330.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.0967 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.11 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9141, 22.9051, 38.9144)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6EA6 #6EAE76

analogous

#966EAE #AE6EA6 #AE6E86

triadic

#AE6EA6 #A6AE6E #6EA6AE

tetradic

#AE6EA6 #AE966E #6EAE76 #6E86AE

square

#AE6EA6 #AE966E #6EAE76 #6E86AE

split-complementary

#AE6EA6 #86AE6E #6EAE96

monochromatic

#683A62 #8F5087 #AE6EA6 #C495BE #DABDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#AE6EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#AE6EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6EA6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6EA6	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.110 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c799c0',
    500: '#ae6ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6ea6;
$custom-light: #c799c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6EA6

secondary

#AFC9B2

accent

#C56F63

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F8F2F7

border

#D1CCD0

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6EA6

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

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