#AE8AAA#AE8AAA

#AE8AAA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.062 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AAA
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(307, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 19.23, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 22.47, 328.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0538 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.062 330)
XYZ	xyz(33.7990, 30.0788, 42.0477)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AAA #8AAE8E

analogous

#A08AAE #AE8AAA #AE8A98

triadic

#AE8AAA #AAAE8A #8AAAAE

tetradic

#AE8AAA #AEA08A #8AAE8E #8A98AE

square

#AE8AAA #AEA08A #8AAE8E #8A98AE

split-complementary

#AE8AAA #98AE8A #8AAEA0

monochromatic

#704E6C #94678F #AE8AAA #C7AEC4 #E0D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AE8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#AE8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AAA

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AAA	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.062 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acc3',
    500: '#ae8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aaa;
$custom-light: #c6acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67746,
    "c": 0.06215,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.30078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AAA

secondary

#C3D1C5

accent

#9C5249

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AAA

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

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