#AE8AAE#AE8AAE

#AE8AAE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.066 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AAE
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 19.99, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 24.24, 325.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.0552 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.066 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1832, 30.2324, 44.0709)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AAE #8AAE8A

analogous

#9C8AAE #AE8AAE #AE8A9C

triadic

#AE8AAE #AEAE8A #8AAEAE

tetradic

#AE8AAE #AE9C8A #8AAE8A #8A9CAE

square

#AE8AAE #AE9C8A #8AAE8A #8A9CAE

split-complementary

#AE8AAE #9CAE8A #8AAE9C

monochromatic

#704E70 #946794 #AE8AAE #C7AEC7 #E0D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#AE8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AAE

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AAE	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.066 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acc6',
    500: '#ae8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aae;
$custom-light: #c6acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67891,
    "c": 0.06632,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AAE

secondary

#C3D1C3

accent

#9C4949

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AAE

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

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