#AE8BBD#AE8BBD

#AE8BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.082 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BBD
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(282, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 22.44, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 30.75, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0584 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.082 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8721, 31.1386, 52.2549)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BBD #9ABD8B

analogous

#958BBD #AE8BBD #BD8BB3

triadic

#AE8BBD #BDAE8B #8BBDAE

tetradic

#AE8BBD #BD958B #9ABD8B #8BB3BD

square

#AE8BBD #BD958B #9ABD8B #8BB3BD

split-complementary

#AE8BBD #B3BD8B #8BBD95

monochromatic

#724B83 #9364A7 #AE8BBD #C9B2D3 #E4D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AE8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BBD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BBD	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.082 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6add1',
    500: '#ae8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bbd;
$custom-light: #c6add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.08171,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BBD

secondary

#CEDBC9

accent

#A63F5E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BBD

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

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