#AE8BB2#AE8BB2

#AE8BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.069 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BB2
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(294, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(294, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 20.21, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 25.41, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0549 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.069 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7230, 30.6790, 46.2033)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BB2 #8FB28B

analogous

#9B8BB2 #AE8BB2 #B28BA3

triadic

#AE8BB2 #B2AE8B #8BB2AE

tetradic

#AE8BB2 #B29B8B #8FB28B #8BA3B2

square

#AE8BB2 #B29B8B #8FB28B #8BA3B2

split-complementary

#AE8BB2 #A3B28B #8BB29B

monochromatic

#714E75 #94669A #AE8BB2 #C8B0CA #E1D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AE8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BB2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BB2	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.069 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adc9',
    500: '#ae8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bb2;
$custom-light: #c6adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.846,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68229,
    "c": 0.06884,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BB2

secondary

#C7D4C5

accent

#9F4750

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BB2

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

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