#AE8BBB#AE8BBB

#AE8BBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.079 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BBB
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(284, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 22.02, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 29.76, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0578 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.079 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6565, 31.0524, 51.1194)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BBB #98BB8B

analogous

#968BBB #AE8BBB #BB8BB0

triadic

#AE8BBB #BBAE8B #8BBBAE

tetradic

#AE8BBB #BB968B #98BB8B #8BB0BB

square

#AE8BBB #BB968B #98BB8B #8BB0BB

split-complementary

#AE8BBB #B0BB8B #8BBB96

monochromatic

#724B80 #9364A4 #AE8BBB #C9B2D2 #E4D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AE8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BBB

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BBB	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.079 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adcf',
    500: '#ae8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bbb;
$custom-light: #c6adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68577,
    "c": 0.0793,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BBB

secondary

#CDD9C8

accent

#A5415C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BBB

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

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