#AE89CB#AE89CB

#AE89CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE89CB
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 26.54, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 39.18, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0653 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.103 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1788, 31.2022, 60.5524)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE89CB #A6CB89

analogous

#8D89CB #AE89CB #CB89C7

triadic

#AE89CB #CBAE89 #89CBAE

tetradic

#AE89CB #CB8D89 #A6CB89 #89C7CB

square

#AE89CB #CB8D89 #A6CB89 #89C7CB

split-complementary

#AE89CB #C7CB89 #89CB8D

monochromatic

#724397 #915FB8 #AE89CB #CBB3DE #E8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE89CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AE89CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE89CB

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE89CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE89CB	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB92A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae89cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7abdb',
    500: '#ae89cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae89cb;
$custom-light: #c7abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae89cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.636,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68874,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE89CB

secondary

#D7E3CD

accent

#B2346B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE89CB

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

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