#AE85EF#AE85EF

#AE85EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.155 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85EF
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 239)
HSL	hsl(263, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 37.06, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 60.49, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0782 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.155 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4195, 32.0055, 85.6402)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85EF #C6EF85

analogous

#8591EF #AE85EF #E385EF

triadic

#AE85EF #EFAE85 #85EFAE

tetradic

#AE85EF #EF8591 #C6EF85 #85EFE3

square

#AE85EF #EF8591 #C6EF85 #85EFE3

split-complementary

#AE85EF #EFE385 #91EF85

monochromatic

#671DDD #8A4FE8 #AE85EF #D2BBF6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE85EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE85EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85EF

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85EF	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6799F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A298AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.155 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a9f5',
    500: '#ae85ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85ef;
$custom-light: #c8a9f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69906,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85EF

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D90C8A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85EF

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

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