#AE8AAF#AE8AAF

#AE8AAF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.067 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AAF
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(298, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(298, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 20.19, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 24.70, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0555 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.067 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2810, 30.2716, 44.5863)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AAF #8BAF8A

analogous

#9C8AAF #AE8AAF #AF8A9E

triadic

#AE8AAF #AFAE8A #8AAFAE

tetradic

#AE8AAF #AF9C8A #8BAF8A #8A9EAF

square

#AE8AAF #AF9C8A #8BAF8A #8A9EAF

split-complementary

#AE8AAF #9EAF8A #8AAF9C

monochromatic

#704D71 #946696 #AE8AAF #C7AEC8 #E0D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#AE8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AAF

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AAF	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)

#8793B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.067 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acc7',
    500: '#ae8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aaf;
$custom-light: #c6acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.378,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67928,
    "c": 0.06739,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AAF

secondary

#C4D1C3

accent

#9D484B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AAF

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

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