#AE88EE#AE88EE

#AE88EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.149 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE88EE
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 35.14, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 58.09, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.074 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.149 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6888, 32.7798, 85.0032)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE88EE #C8EE88

analogous

#8895EE #AE88EE #E188EE

triadic

#AE88EE #EEAE88 #88EEAE

tetradic

#AE88EE #EE8895 #C8EE88 #88EEE1

square

#AE88EE #EE8895 #C8EE88 #88EEE1

split-complementary

#AE88EE #EEE188 #95EE88

monochromatic

#661FDC #8A52E6 #AE88EE #D2BEF6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AE88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE88EE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE88EE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.149 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8abf4',
    500: '#ae88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae88ee;
$custom-light: #c8abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70368,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE88EE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70E8C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE88EE

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

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