#AE8AEC#AE8AEC

#AE8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.143 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AEC
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 33.54, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 55.79, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0709 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.143 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6809, 33.2315, 83.5590)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AEC #C8EC8A

analogous

#8A97EC #AE8AEC #DF8AEC

triadic

#AE8AEC #ECAE8A #8AECAE

tetradic

#AE8AEC #EC8A97 #C8EC8A #8AECDF

square

#AE8AEC #EC8A97 #C8EC8A #8AECDF

split-complementary

#AE8AEC #ECDF8A #97EC8A

monochromatic

#6623D8 #8A55E3 #AE8AEC #D2BFF5 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AE8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AEC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AEC	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.143 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8acf2',
    500: '#ae8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aec;
$custom-light: #c8acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.041,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4118D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AEC

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

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