#AE89EE#AE89EE

#AE89EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.147 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE89EE
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 42.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 34.58, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 57.47, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0726 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.147 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8303, 33.0628, 85.0503)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE89EE #C9EE89

analogous

#8996EE #AE89EE #E089EE

triadic

#AE89EE #EEAE89 #89EEAE

tetradic

#AE89EE #EE8996 #C9EE89 #89EEE0

square

#AE89EE #EE8996 #C9EE89 #89EEE0

split-complementary

#AE89EE #EEE089 #96EE89

monochromatic

#6520DD #8954E6 #AE89EE #D3BEF6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE89EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AE89EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE89EE

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE89EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE89EE	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae89ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.147 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8acf4',
    500: '#ae89ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae89ee;
$custom-light: #c8acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae89ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.98,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70541,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE89EE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F8E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE89EE

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

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