#AE8BC2#AE8BC2

#AE8BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.088 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BC2
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(278, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 23.48, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 33.26, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0598 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.088 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4242, 31.3595, 55.1626)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BC2 #9FC28B

analogous

#938BC2 #AE8BC2 #C28BBA

triadic

#AE8BC2 #C2AE8B #8BC2AE

tetradic

#AE8BC2 #C2938B #9FC28B #8BBAC2

square

#AE8BC2 #C2938B #9FC28B #8BBAC2

split-complementary

#AE8BC2 #BAC28B #8BC293

monochromatic

#72498A #9263AD #AE8BC2 #CAB3D7 #E6DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AE8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BC2

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BC2	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.088 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6add4',
    500: '#ae8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bc2;
$custom-light: #c6add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6886,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BC2

secondary

#D2DECB

accent

#AA3C64

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BC2

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

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