#AE85EB#AE85EB

#AE85EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.150 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85EB
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 43.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 36.10, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 58.40, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0776 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.15 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8351, 31.7718, 82.5624)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85EB #C2EB85

analogous

#858FEB #AE85EB #E185EB

triadic

#AE85EB #EBAE85 #85EBAE

tetradic

#AE85EB #EB858F #C2EB85 #85EBE1

square

#AE85EB #EB858F #C2EB85 #85EBE1

split-complementary

#AE85EB #EBE185 #8FEB85

monochromatic

#6A23D3 #8B50E2 #AE85EB #D1BAF4 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE85EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AE85EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85EB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85EB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6998EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A397AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.150 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a9f2',
    500: '#ae85eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85eb;
$custom-light: #c8a9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69697,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41286

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85EB

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

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