#AE8AEB#AE8AEB

#AE8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.142 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AEB
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 33.30, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 55.26, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0708 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.142 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5360, 33.1736, 82.7960)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AEB #C7EB8A

analogous

#8A96EB #AE8AEB #DE8AEB

triadic

#AE8AEB #EBAE8A #8AEBAE

tetradic

#AE8AEB #EB8A96 #C7EB8A #8AEBDE

square

#AE8AEB #EB8A96 #C7EB8A #8AEBDE

split-complementary

#AE8AEB #EBDE8A #96EB8A

monochromatic

#6625D6 #8A56E2 #AE8AEB #D2BEF4 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AE8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AEB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AEB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.142 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8acf2',
    500: '#ae8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aeb;
$custom-light: #c8acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.268,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70562,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AEB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3138C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AEB

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

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