#AE8AEE#AE8AEE

#AE8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.146 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8AEE
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 34.02, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 56.84, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0713 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.146 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9731, 33.3484, 85.0979)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8AEE #CAEE8A

analogous

#8A98EE #AE8AEE #E08AEE

triadic

#AE8AEE #EEAE8A #8AEEAE

tetradic

#AE8AEE #EE8A98 #CAEE8A #8AEEE0

square

#AE8AEE #EE8A98 #CAEE8A #8AEEE0

split-complementary

#AE8AEE #EEE08A #98EE8A

monochromatic

#6420DD #8955E6 #AE8AEE #D3BFF6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8AEE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8AEE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.146 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8acf4',
    500: '#ae8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8aee;
$custom-light: #c8acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8AEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F8F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8AEE

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

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