#AE8BBC#AE8BBC

#AE8BBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.081 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BBC
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(283, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 22.23, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 30.25, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0581 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.081 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7639, 31.0953, 51.6852)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BBC #99BC8B

analogous

#968BBC #AE8BBC #BC8BB2

triadic

#AE8BBC #BCAE8B #8BBCAE

tetradic

#AE8BBC #BC968B #99BC8B #8BB2BC

square

#AE8BBC #BC968B #99BC8B #8BB2BC

split-complementary

#AE8BBC #B2BC8B #8BBC96

monochromatic

#724B82 #9364A6 #AE8BBC #C9B2D2 #E4D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BBC

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BBC	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE919C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.081 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6add0',
    500: '#ae8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bbc;
$custom-light: #c6add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68616,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BBC

secondary

#CEDAC9

accent

#A5405D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BBC

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

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