#AE8ABE#AE8ABE

#AE8ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.085 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8ABE
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(282, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, 23.21, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 31.91, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0602 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.085 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8369, 30.8939, 52.7805)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8ABE #9ABE8A

analogous

#948ABE #AE8ABE #BE8AB4

triadic

#AE8ABE #BEAE8A #8ABEAE

tetradic

#AE8ABE #BE948A #9ABE8A #8AB4BE

square

#AE8ABE #BE948A #9ABE8A #8AB4BE

split-complementary

#AE8ABE #B4BE8A #8ABE94

monochromatic

#724984 #9363A8 #AE8ABE #C9B1D4 #E4D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AE8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8ABE

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8ABE	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.085 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6acd1',
    500: '#ae8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8abe;
$custom-light: #c6acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6851,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8ABE

secondary

#CEDBC9

accent

#A73E5F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8ABE

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

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