#AE81EB#AE81EB

#AE81EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.156 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE81EB
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 45.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 38.33, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 60.91, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.083 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.156 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2979, 30.6973, 82.3833)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE81EB #BEEB81

analogous

#8189EB #AE81EB #E381EB

triadic

#AE81EB #EBAE81 #81EBAE

tetradic

#AE81EB #EB8189 #BEEB81 #81EBE3

square

#AE81EB #EB8189 #BEEB81 #81EBE3

split-complementary

#AE81EB #EBE381 #89EB81

monochromatic

#6C21D1 #8C4CE3 #AE81EB #D0B6F3 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE81EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AE81EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE81EB

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE81EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE81EB	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6396EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E96E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A393AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae81eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.156 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a6f2',
    500: '#ae81eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae81eb;
$custom-light: #c8a6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae81eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69019,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE81EB

secondary

#E6F2D6

accent

#D51182

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#130F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE81EB

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

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