#AE8BB3#AE8BB3

#AE8BB3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.070 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BB3
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(293, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(293, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 20.41, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 25.88, 322.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0553 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.07 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8238, 30.7193, 46.7340)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BB3 #90B38B

analogous

#9A8BB3 #AE8BB3 #B38BA4

triadic

#AE8BB3 #B3AE8B #8BB3AE

tetradic

#AE8BB3 #B39A8B #90B38B #8BA4B3

square

#AE8BB3 #B39A8B #90B38B #8BA4B3

split-complementary

#AE8BB3 #A4B38B #8BB39A

monochromatic

#714D76 #94669B #AE8BB3 #C8B0CB #E2D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AE8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BB3

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BB3	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)

#8794B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.070 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adc9',
    500: '#ae8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bb3;
$custom-light: #c6adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68267,
    "c": 0.06996,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BB3

secondary

#C7D4C6

accent

#9F4651

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BB3

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

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