#AE6EA9#AE6EA9

#AE6EA9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6EA9
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(305, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 34.74, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 40.66, 328.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0976 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.113 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1925, 23.0165, 40.3807)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6EA9 #6EAE73

analogous

#936EAE #AE6EA9 #AE6E89

triadic

#AE6EA9 #A9AE6E #6EA9AE

tetradic

#AE6EA9 #AE936E #6EAE73 #6E89AE

square

#AE6EA9 #AE936E #6EAE73 #6E89AE

split-complementary

#AE6EA9 #89AE6E #6EAE93

monochromatic

#683A64 #8F508A #AE6EA9 #C495C0 #DABDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#AE6EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#AE6EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6EA9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6EA9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c799c2',
    500: '#ae6ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6ea9;
$custom-light: #c799c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.688,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6EA9

secondary

#AFC9B1

accent

#C56B63

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F8F2F7

border

#D1CCD0

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6EA9

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

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