#AE85EE#AE85EE

#AE85EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.154 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85EE
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 36.82, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 59.97, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.078 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.154 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2722, 31.9466, 84.8643)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85EE #C5EE85

analogous

#8590EE #AE85EE #E385EE

triadic

#AE85EE #EEAE85 #85EEAE

tetradic

#AE85EE #EE8590 #C5EE85 #85EEE3

square

#AE85EE #EE8590 #C5EE85 #85EEE3

split-complementary

#AE85EE #EEE385 #90EE85

monochromatic

#681EDA #8A4FE7 #AE85EE #D2BBF5 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AE85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85EE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85EE	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6799F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A297AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.154 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a9f4',
    500: '#ae85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85ee;
$custom-light: #c8a9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.429,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69853,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85EE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D80E89

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85EE

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

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