#AE8AAB#AE8AAB

#AE8AAB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.063 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AAB
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(305, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(305, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 19.42, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 22.91, 327.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0541 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.063 329)
XYZ	xyz(33.8940, 30.1168, 42.5478)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AAB #8AAE8D

analogous

#9F8AAE #AE8AAB #AE8A99

triadic

#AE8AAB #ABAE8A #8AABAE

tetradic

#AE8AAB #AE9F8A #8AAE8D #8A99AE

square

#AE8AAB #AE9F8A #8AAE8D #8A99AE

split-complementary

#AE8AAB #99AE8A #8AAE9F

monochromatic

#704E6D #946790 #AE8AAB #C7AEC5 #E0D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AE8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#AE8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AAB

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AAB	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)

#8992AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.063 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acc4',
    500: '#ae8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aab;
$custom-light: #c6acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67782,
    "c": 0.06317,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.30116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AAB

secondary

#C3D1C4

accent

#9C5049

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AAB

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

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