#AE8AED#AE8AED

#AE8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.145 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AED
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 33.78, -45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 56.31, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0711 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.145 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8266, 33.2898, 84.3263)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AED #C9ED8A

analogous

#8A97ED #AE8AED #DF8AED

triadic

#AE8AED #EDAE8A #8AEDAE

tetradic

#AE8AED #ED8A97 #C9ED8A #8AEDDF

square

#AE8AED #ED8A97 #C9ED8A #8AEDDF

split-complementary

#AE8AED #EDDF8A #97ED8A

monochromatic

#6522DB #8955E5 #AE8AED #D3BFF5 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AED

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AED	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.145 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8acf3',
    500: '#ae8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aed;
$custom-light: #c8acf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AED

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D5108E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AED

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

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