#AE81EE#AE81EE

#AE81EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.160 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE81EE
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 45.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 39.05, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 62.46, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0834 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.16 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7350, 30.8721, 84.6852)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE81EE #C1EE81

analogous

#818BEE #AE81EE #E581EE

triadic

#AE81EE #EEAE81 #81EEAE

tetradic

#AE81EE #EE818B #C1EE81 #81EEE5

square

#AE81EE #EE818B #C1EE81 #81EEE5

split-complementary

#AE81EE #EEE581 #8BEE81

monochromatic

#6A1DD8 #8B4BE7 #AE81EE #D1B7F5 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE81EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AE81EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE81EE

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE81EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE81EE	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6196F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A294AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae81ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.160 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a6f4',
    500: '#ae81ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae81ee;
$custom-light: #c8a6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae81ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.771,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69178,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE81EE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D80D84

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#130F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE81EE

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

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