#AE8ABC#AE8ABC

#AE8ABC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.082 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8ABC
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(283, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 22.79, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 30.92, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0596 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.082 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6198, 30.8071, 51.6371)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8ABC #98BC8A

analogous

#958ABC #AE8ABC #BC8AB1

triadic

#AE8ABC #BCAE8A #8ABCAE

tetradic

#AE8ABC #BC958A #98BC8A #8AB1BC

square

#AE8ABC #BC958A #98BC8A #8AB1BC

split-complementary

#AE8ABC #B1BC8A #8ABC95

monochromatic

#724A81 #9363A6 #AE8ABC #C9B1D2 #E4D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#AE8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8ABC

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8ABC	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.082 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acd0',
    500: '#ae8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8abc;
$custom-light: #c6acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6843,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8ABC

secondary

#CDDAC8

accent

#A6405C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8ABC

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

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