#AE85CD#AE85CD

#AE85CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85CD
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 35.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 29.23, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 42.81, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0717 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.112 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8605, 30.1819, 61.6296)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85CD #A4CD85

analogous

#8A85CD #AE85CD #CD85C8

triadic

#AE85CD #CDAE85 #85CDAE

tetradic

#AE85CD #CD8A85 #A4CD85 #85C8CD

square

#AE85CD #CD8A85 #A4CD85 #85C8CD

split-complementary

#AE85CD #C8CD85 #85CD8A

monochromatic

#723F99 #915ABB #AE85CD #CBB0DF #E8DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE85CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AE85CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85CD

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85CD	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7893D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9dc',
    500: '#ae85cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85cd;
$custom-light: #c7a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68241,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85CD

secondary

#D5E3CB

accent

#B5316A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85CD

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

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