#AE8BBF#AE8BBF

#AE8BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.084 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BBF
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 22.85, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 31.75, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.059 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.084 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0907, 31.2260, 53.4061)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BBF #9CBF8B

analogous

#948BBF #AE8BBF #BF8BB6

triadic

#AE8BBF #BFAE8B #8BBFAE

tetradic

#AE8BBF #BF948B #9CBF8B #8BB6BF

square

#AE8BBF #BF948B #9CBF8B #8BB6BF

split-complementary

#AE8BBF #B6BF8B #8BBF94

monochromatic

#724A86 #9264A9 #AE8BBF #CAB2D5 #E5DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE8BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE8BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BBF

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BBF	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.084 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6add2',
    500: '#ae8bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bbf;
$custom-light: #c6add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68737,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BBF

secondary

#D0DCCA

accent

#A83E60

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BBF

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

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