#AE8ADE#AE8ADE

#AE8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8ADE
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 30.25, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 48.43, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0683 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.125 303)
XYZ	xyz(39.7261, 32.4496, 73.2636)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8ADE #BADE8A

analogous

#8A90DE #AE8ADE #D88ADE

triadic

#AE8ADE #DEAE8A #8ADEAE

tetradic

#AE8ADE #DE8A90 #BADE8A #8ADED8

square

#AE8ADE #DE8A90 #BADE8A #8ADED8

split-complementary

#AE8ADE #DED88A #90DE8A

monochromatic

#6D34B9 #8D5AD1 #AE8ADE #CFBAEB #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AE8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8ADE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8ADE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A697AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ace8',
    500: '#ae8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ade;
$custom-light: #c7ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.3245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8ADE

secondary

#E4EDD6

accent

#C4227E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8ADE

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

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