#AE8AAD#AE8AAD

#AE8AAD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.065 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AAD
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(302, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(302, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 19.80, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 23.79, 326.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0548 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.065 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0860, 30.1936, 43.5594)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AAD #8AAE8B

analogous

#9D8AAE #AE8AAD #AE8A9B

triadic

#AE8AAD #ADAE8A #8AADAE

tetradic

#AE8AAD #AE9D8A #8AAE8B #8A9BAE

square

#AE8AAD #AE9D8A #8AAE8B #8A9BAE

split-complementary

#AE8AAD #9BAE8A #8AAE9D

monochromatic

#704E6F #946793 #AE8AAD #C7AEC6 #E0D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AE8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AAD

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AAD	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.065 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acc5',
    500: '#ae8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aad;
$custom-light: #c6acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67855,
    "c": 0.06525,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AAD

secondary

#C3D1C4

accent

#9C4B49

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AAD

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

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